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Study on a Possible Darwinian Origin of Quantum Mechanics

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A sketchy subquantum theory deeply influenced by Wheeler’s ideas (Am. J. Phys. 51:398–404, 1983) and by the de Broglie-Bohm interpretation (Goldstein in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2006) of quantum mechanics is further analyzed. In this theory a fundamental system is defined as a dual entity formed by bare matter and a methodological probabilistic classical Turing machine. The evolution of the system would be determined by three Darwinian informational regulating principles. Some progress in the derivation of the postulates of quantum mechanics from these regulating principles is reported. The entanglement in a bipartite system is preliminarily considered.

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Baladrón, C. Study on a Possible Darwinian Origin of Quantum Mechanics. Found Phys 41, 389–395 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-010-9428-0

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