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This is far from a new idea, and is called the "hidden-variable theory" [1]. In fact, it has been mathematically proven that locality and hidden variables are f
by obastani 8y ago
This is far from a new idea, and is called the "hidden-variable theory" [1]. In fact, it has been mathematically proven that locality and hidden variables are fundamentally incompatible in the context of quantum mechanics.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden-variable_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden-variable_theory
- aaaaaaaaaaab 8y agoMaybe it's nonlocal then.
- chr1 8y agoWolframs idea [1] is that space is a network, and closeness of points is determined by the links in the network. A particle is an extra structure that is connected to some of the nodes in the network, so if two particles are connected to nodes far way in the network, but also have several links between each other, they won't have enough links to change the structure of the space, but will be connected enough to affect each other in the Bell test. I'd say this resolves the hidden variable and locality conflict beautifully, by changing the concept of locality to something much simpler than the infinite continuum. And it is also somewhat similar to ER=EPR [2] hypothesis Susskind talks about. But unfortunately it is only a vague idea so far. [1] https://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2015/12/what-is-spacetime-really/ https://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2015/12/what-is-spacetime-re... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY5D7ZgWuXc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY5D7ZgWuXc