Quantum Theory and Probabilities

Abstract

It is often stated that quantum mechanics only makes statistical predictions and that a quantum state is described by the various probability distributions associated with it. Can we describe a quantum state completely in terms of probabilities and then use it to describe quantum dynamics? What is the origin of the probability distribution for a maximally specified quantum state? Is quantum mechanics `local' or is there an essential nonlocality (nonseparability) inherent in quantum mechanics? These questions are discussed in this paper. The decay of an unstable quantum state and the time dependence of a minimum uncertainty states for future times as well as past times are also discussed.