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> Whether pilot wave theory can be made consistent with at least special relativity is still open as far as I know It can be made consistent, namely, adding a
by jostylr 6y ago
> Whether pilot wave theory can be made consistent with at least special relativity is still open as far as I know
It can be made consistent, namely, adding a foliation (a notion of a canonical present moment) makes it work out fine. The foliation is not detectable, it gives the right predictions, it is mathematically sound, etc.
But it does feel philosophically sketchy and not fundamentally relativistic. However, there is a paper https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.1714 https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.1714 which explores how to derive foliations from the wave function itself and thus would be as relativistic as in theory involving the wave function.
The article also points to other articles with a variety of ideas how to deal with nonlocality in Bohmian mechanics.