论文标题
从时间不对称到量子纠缠：休式统一
From Time Asymmetry to Quantum Entanglement: The Humean Unification
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论文摘要
物理基础中最困难的两个问题是（1）引起时间的箭头以及（2）量子力学的本体是什么。我建议对这两个问题提出统一的“ Humean”解决方案。 Humeanism允许我们将过去的假设和统计假设纳入最佳系统，然后我们用它来简化宇宙的量子状态。这使我们能够以一种对最佳系统没有显着复杂性的方式授予量子状态的法态状态，并解决了过去假设的原始版本面临的“超类问题”。我们将结果理论称为Humean统一。它提供了时间不对称和量子纠缠的统一解释。在这个理论上，引起时间的箭头也是量子现象的原因。新理论具有可分离的马赛克，最佳的系统，简单且非错，量子力学和特殊相对论之间的张力较小，理论和动态统一性更高。 Humean统一会带来新的见解，这些见解对Humeans和非人类都是有用的。
Two of the most difficult problems in the foundations of physics are (1) what gives rise to the arrow of time and (2) what the ontology of quantum mechanics is. I propose a unified 'Humean' solution to the two problems. Humeanism allows us to incorporate the Past Hypothesis and the Statistical Postulate into the best system, which we then use to simplify the quantum state of the universe. This enables us to confer the nomological status to the quantum state in a way that adds no significant complexity to the best system and solves the "supervenient-kind problem" facing the original version of the Past Hypothesis. We call the resultant theory the Humean unification. It provides a unified explanation of time asymmetry and quantum entanglement. On this theory, what gives rise to time's arrow is also responsible for quantum phenomena. The new theory has a separable mosaic, a best system that is simple and non-vague, less tension between quantum mechanics and special relativity, and a higher degree of theoretical and dynamical unity. The Humean unification leads to new insights that can be useful to Humeans and non-Humeans alike.
