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"Mysteries" of Modern Physics and the Fundamental Constants , , and
W. M. Stuckey, Timothy McDevitt, Michael Silberstein
We review how the kinematic structures of special relativity and quantum mechanics both stem from the relativity principle, i.e., "no preferred reference frame" (NPRF). Essentially…
The Relativity Principle at the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics
W. M. Stuckey, Timothy McDevitt, Michael Silberstein
Quantum information theorists have created axiomatic reconstructions of quantum mechanics (QM) that are very successful at identifying precisely what distinguishes quantum probabil…
The Completeness of Quantum Mechanics and the Determinateness and Consistency of Intersubjective Experience: Wigner's Friend and Delayed Choice
Michael Silberstein, W. M. Stuckey
Recent experiments (gedanken or otherwise) and theorems in quantum mechanics (QM), such as new iterations on Wigner's friend and delayed choice, have led many people to claim that…
Answering Mermin's Challenge with Conservation per No Preferred Reference Frame
W. M. Stuckey, Timothy McDevitt, Michael Silberstein +1
In 1981, Mermin published a now famous paper titled, "Bringing home the atomic world: Quantum mysteries for anybody" that Feynman called, "One of the most beautiful papers in physi…
Why the Tsirelson Bound? Bub's Question and Fuchs' Desideratum
W. M. Stuckey, Michael Silberstein, Timothy McDevitt +1
To answer Wheeler's question "Why the quantum?" via quantum information theory according to Bub, one must explain both why the world is quantum rather than classical and why the wo…
Concerning Quadratic Interaction in the Quantum Cheshire Cat Experiment
W. M. Stuckey, Michael Silberstein, Timothy McDevitt
In a July 2014 Nature Communications paper, Denkmayr et al. claim to have instantiated the so-called quantum Cheshire Cat experiment using neutron interferometry. Crucial to this c…