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    It is not the case that The measurement problem as traditionally stated presupposes a single definite outcome must be selected from the superposition, but this presupposition is itself a substantive interpretive commitment, not a logical necessity.

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    • 1.Definite experimental outcomes are brute empirical facts that any interpretation must ultimately account for or explain away.
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    • 2.Denying single outcomes requires accepting either branching universes or denying realism about measurement results themselves.
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    • 3.The measurement problem arises precisely because quantum formalism generates multiple outcomes; dismissing this as 'interpretive' doesn't resolve it.
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    • 1.Many-worlds and statistical interpretations explain quantum predictions without assuming collapse to single outcomes.
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    • 2.Classical logic doesn't require superpositions to resolve into definite states; only observation conventions do.
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    • 3.Interpretive frameworks chosen for pragmatic reasons (simplicity, intuition) shouldn't be mistaken for metaphysical necessities.
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