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Title: Parallel lives vs Parallel universes

Abstract:
In the Everettian framework, two important questions can be asked:
"Is the universal wavefunction a complete description of reality?"
and "Are the parallel universes described by it local?".
I shall argue that it is not logically possible to answer both of
these questions positively. I shall also argue that a new framework
is necessary to address these issues.
In this talk, I shall present the mathematical requirements for
a purely local theory of quantum mechanics and propose new axioms
that meet these requirements. The main advantage of this approach
is its mathematical simplicity and elegance.

Joint work with Gilles Brassard

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Best,

-joe