{
  "id": "1310.8600",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2013-10-31T17:22:56.000Z",
  "updated": "2013-10-31T17:22:56.000Z",
  "title": "Information and the foundations of quantum theory",
  "authors": [
    "Angelo Bassi",
    "Saikat Ghosh",
    "Tejinder P. Singh"
  ],
  "comment": "8 pages, 2 figures, second prize in the FQXi 2013 Essay Contest",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We believe that the hypothesis `it from bit' originates from the assumption that probabilities have a fundamental, irremovable status in quantum theory. We argue against this assumption and highlight four well-known reformulations / modifications of the theory in which probabilities and the measuring apparatus do not play a fundamental role. These are: Bohmian Mechanics, Dynamical Collapse Models, Trace Dynamics, and Quantum Theory without Classical Time. Here the `it' is primary and the `bit' is derived from the `it'.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2013-10-31T17:22:56.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "quantum theory",
      "information",
      "foundations",
      "assumption",
      "probabilities"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 8,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 1265585,
      "adsabs": "2013arXiv1310.8600B"
    }
  }
}