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Universities pay professors who have research topics attractive to funding agencies and students. If you saw a physics professor specializing in Bohmian mechan
by lumost 6y ago
Universities pay professors who have research topics attractive to funding agencies and students. If you saw a physics professor specializing in Bohmian mechanics and pilot-wave theory, you'd steer clear.
The reputation of CF as a pseudo-science also points towards a career ender.
- jokteur 6y agoHowever, Bohmian mechanics are not pseudo-science. It is a beautiful useless interpretation of quantum mechanics that has many problems, but at least it is still science. Cold fusion I agree tends towards pseudo-science. I can understand that it makes sense to teach the most useful stuff at the university, however I do wish that I could have had the choice to follow an optional "obscure, useless topics" lecture during my years in university.