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Pilot wave theory requires non-local hidden variables. Only local hidden variable theories have been shown to be impossible. In non-relativistic situations, Bo
by dangirsh 10y ago
Pilot wave theory requires non-local hidden variables. Only local hidden variable theories have been shown to be impossible.
In non-relativistic situations, Bohemian mechanics (pilot wave theory) makes the same predictions as more mainstream interpretations of QM.
- Filligree 10y agoWell, sort of. Pilot wave theory, if simulated, still requires you to run all the same calculations as (say) the Many-Worlds interpretation, in order to know what the pilot wave is doing. In fact, the pilot wave will still contain everything that MWI does: Multiple timelines, vast assemblies of nearly-independent universes, Earths beyond counting, etc etc. What PWT does is add in some nearly-epiphenomenal particles, and declare that only these count; that any observer described by the pilot wave is a philosophical zombie. I have objections to this concept. :P