Re:Pilot-Wave Theory Gains Experimental Support
by naasking on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @06:35PM
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> Interpreting quantum mechanics is often like this: you can preserve locality or convenience, but usually not both.
Indeed, John Bell of Bell's theorem said that non-locality was THE big problem of quantum mechanics. He was a fan of Bohmian mechanics/pilot waves because it places what he considered the central problem front-and-center.
http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0103079
Interpreting quantum mechanics is often like this: you can preserve locality or convenience, but usually not both. This is why I prefer the minimalist relational interpretation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_quantum_mechanics
However, I don't recommend this as a preferred interpretation because it does not motivate discoveries (the other interpretations all fail here too). So far, none of the interpretations has led to a new physical theory, and in particular none has really helped the study of quantum gravity, which if anything is the whole point of metaphysics: to aid in learning.