It's *a* graphic framework. I've been using 3d string diagrams for this stuff... Here is a laxator for a monoidal functor, which is the blue string. The monoidal product is the sheet layers... etc etc

it's mostly excel spreadsheets..

Still trying to figure that out, will get back to you.

If by "the completely standard way" you mean, as taught in undergraduate quantum mechanics, then yes. I can't remember the last time i saw the Born rule actually used in the wild. It tends to be only in discussions like this about the foundations of quantum.

i don't know if it's really a "need", but here is one way to get probabilities: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_rule

I think it's just as valid saying you get zero-worlds when you don't add anything to the Schrödinger equation. I happen to prefer this interpretation (the zero-worlds one) on my more transcendent days.

from: canyon23.net/math/tc.pdf

Directors cut!

This is a total shame that it comes down to who you believe in. Fundamental physics should be much more participatory than this.

I'm suddenly feeling much better about wearing a dishrag on my head (see profile pic).

There's a sharp distinction between amateur and professional crackpots.