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Isn't a better and "simpler" explanation, Pilot wave theory? Particles are like boats on a lake - they both cause waves when they move and are moved by relfect

Isn't a better and "simpler" explanation, Pilot wave theory? Particles are like boats on a lake - they both cause waves when they move and are moved by relfections of their own and other boats' wakes. Interference is simply waves generated by a boat interfering with other waves from the boat.

btmorex 7y ago
Unless your boat can simultaneously pass through two different arches of the same bridge, I don't really think that helps.
- jayd16 7y ago
  The wave a boat makes can certainly travel through two arches in a bridge.
- brutt 7y ago
  Boat cannot, but wave can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsaUX48t0w8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsaUX48t0w8
aeternum 7y ago
Pilot wave theory isn't actually simpler because the pilot wave must travel throughout the entire universe instantaneously. According to the theory, classical information cannot be sent along the wave so it does not violate no-communication, however the prospect of having a wave that travels instantaneously and permeates the entire universe is still hard for many to accept.
- eagsalazar2 7y ago
  Does it require that? Can you elaborate? I haven't heard of this issue with Pilot Wave Theory before.
  - aeternum 7y ago
    It's not just an issue with Pilot Wave, many QM interpretations are non-local. This table shows which are vs. are not (Local Dynamics column): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretations_of_quantum_mechanics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretations_of_quantum_mec...
- brutt 7y ago
  Nope, it doesn't require that. In hydrodynamic quantum analogs, waves are moving slowly, but they still cause quantum effects.
- renox 7y ago
  >Pilot wave theory isn't actually simpler because the pilot wave must travel throughout the entire universe instantaneously Given that quantum mechanic is non local (quantum teleportation), I don't think that this is the big issue. Why QM is non-local yet cannot send data faster than light, that's much more unexplained.
  - aeternum 7y ago
    Quantum field theory is local (which explains why we cannot send data faster than light), and also fully explains QM. Relativity showed us that our assumptions about space and time being constant were wrong and instead light is a constant. Similarly, QFT shows us that our measurements do not have single outcomes and never did. Instead reality is made up of quantized waves whose amplitudes are complex numbers and can interact constructive or destructively as long as they remain coherent.

btmorex 7y ago

Unless your boat can simultaneously pass through two different arches of the same bridge, I don't really think that helps.

jayd16 7y ago
The wave a boat makes can certainly travel through two arches in a bridge.
brutt 7y ago
Boat cannot, but wave can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsaUX48t0w8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsaUX48t0w8

aeternum 7y ago

Pilot wave theory isn't actually simpler because the pilot wave must travel throughout the entire universe instantaneously. According to the theory, classical information cannot be sent along the wave so it does not violate no-communication, however the prospect of having a wave that travels instantaneously and permeates the entire universe is still hard for many to accept.

eagsalazar2 7y ago
Does it require that? Can you elaborate? I haven't heard of this issue with Pilot Wave Theory before.
- aeternum 7y ago
  It's not just an issue with Pilot Wave, many QM interpretations are non-local. This table shows which are vs. are not (Local Dynamics column): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretations_of_quantum_mechanics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretations_of_quantum_mec...
brutt 7y ago
Nope, it doesn't require that. In hydrodynamic quantum analogs, waves are moving slowly, but they still cause quantum effects.
renox 7y ago
>Pilot wave theory isn't actually simpler because the pilot wave must travel throughout the entire universe instantaneously Given that quantum mechanic is non local (quantum teleportation), I don't think that this is the big issue. Why QM is non-local yet cannot send data faster than light, that's much more unexplained.
- aeternum 7y ago
  Quantum field theory is local (which explains why we cannot send data faster than light), and also fully explains QM. Relativity showed us that our assumptions about space and time being constant were wrong and instead light is a constant. Similarly, QFT shows us that our measurements do not have single outcomes and never did. Instead reality is made up of quantized waves whose amplitudes are complex numbers and can interact constructive or destructively as long as they remain coherent.