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The impression I have of pilot wave theories is that when you look closely at them, the pilot waves are doing basically all the work with the particles just alo
by rwallace 10y ago
The impression I have of pilot wave theories is that when you look closely at them, the pilot waves are doing basically all the work with the particles just along for the ride. At that point it's tempting to delete the particles and see what happens, and then when you give the result a fresh paint job it turns out to be isomorphic to the many worlds interpretation (or the Copenhagen interpretation if you take the computational step of not following branches that can no longer be significant to currently observed results). Am I missing something?
- Avshalom 10y agoIt's important to remember that the math of quantum mechanics, the math people use to model and predict phenomena, the math thats given us transistors, lasers, quantum computing etc... That's all very accurate and extremely successful so anything that tries to explain why these models are the way they are is going to be pretty much the same as any other explanation if you tilt your head to the side and squint because they all have to produce the same very well specified set of mathematical models.
- qubex 10y agoWhat is truly irksome about this 'reformulation' is that the supposed Pilot Wave is presumably 'pushing ' on the billiard-ball-like elementary point-particles, but they are not able to "push back" on the Pilot Wave. The Pilot Waves of two particles are, however, assumed to interact between themselves in a manner that resembles the elementary interaction of the particles... and this is quite an extraordinary scenario, if you think about it. It's quite aether-like, and I mean that in a mildly derogatory manner. (IANAP)