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Leslie Ballentine develops in QM: A Modern Development an interpretation based on the ensemble interpretation, and responds...

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Leslie Ballentine develops in QM:A Modern Development an interpretation based on the ensembleinterpretation, and responds to most criticisms.

My question: what criticisms still exist against thisinterpretation such that it is not recognized as the standardinterpretation within the physics community?

What problems still exist?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_interpretation

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The problem with Ensemble interpretation is that the quantum state of a uranium atom in its ground state including the nucleus and the electrons is a property of one atom not of an ensemble You dont need to measure the electron position you can just subject the atom to external forces and see how it moves This motion is predicted by the wavefunction of the one atom not of any ensemble It is logically possible to reject this position of course but then you are claiming that a quantum description cannot be    See Answer
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