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Re:Why don't more physicists subscribe to pilot wave theory? by bicubic on Saturday December 17, 2016 @12:22AM (#13199377)
There's one major shortcoming that the answer doesn't seem to touch on: pilot wave theory doesn't explain relativity whatsoever, while quantum field theory does. We've experimentally confirmed relativity, so at best, pilot wave theory is incomplete.
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Re:Why don't more physicists subscribe to pilot wave theory? by naasking on Saturday December 17, 2016 @01:09AM (#13199535)
You're confusing quantum mechanics with quantum field theory. Pilot wave theory is just QM, although some field theory extensions have been discussed. There's no particular reason such an extension would be impossible.
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