WHAT IS QUANTUM-MECHANICS TRYING TO TELL US

I explore whether it is possible to make sense of the quantum mechanic al description of physical reality by; taking the proper subject of ph ysics to be correlation and only correlation, and by separating the pr oblem of understanding the nature of quantum mechanics from the hard p roblem of understanding the nature of objective probability in individ ual systems, and the even harder problem of understanding the nature o f conscious awareness. The resulting perspective on quantum mechanics is supported by some elementary but insufficiently emphasized theorems . Whether or not it is adequate as a new Weltanschauung, this point of view toward quantum mechanics provides a different perspective from w hich to teach the subject or explain its peculiar character to people in Other fields. (C) 1998 American Association of Physics Teachers.