At the Crossroads of Three Seemingly Divergent Approaches to Quantum Mechanics

Several concepts stemming from three apparently divergent approaches to quantum mechanics—Bohmian Mechanics, QBism, and Time-Symmetric Quantum Mechanics—are interwoven in an information-theoretic Darwinian scheme applied to fundamental physical systems that might contribute to shed light on some long-standing quantum mechanical conundrums.

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