In a previous question, I asked about the measurement problem in quantum mechanics. The sense I got is that the best interpretation we have is the many worlds interpretation, and one of the answers mentioned measurement as "anything that entangles with the system". What can cause systems to entangle with each other?
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1$\begingroup$ Interactions cause entanglement (and any generic off-diagonal term in the 2-body Hamiltonian will do). You might find your question develops a more active discussion here: philosophy.stackexchange.com $\endgroup$– TLDRCommented Nov 8, 2017 at 19:02
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What can cause systems to entangle with each other?
It is the basic framework of quantum mechanics. If the systems are small enough,( comensurate to h, the Planck constant ) so that any interaction has to be described by quantum mechanics, the system is entangled. I.e. a system of particles is entangled if a single wavefunction can describe it in space and time .
