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Re:Why don't more physicists subscribe to pilot wave theory? by naasking on Saturday December 17, 2016 @12:45AM (#13199460)
You can use the same formalism for most things, but Bohmian mechanics is a different formalism in some cases. For instance, you can derive the Born rule for systems in equilibrium, but that leaves open the possibility of non-equilibrium regimes, which simply don't exist in orthodox QM.
Re:Why don't more physicists subscribe to pilot wave theory? by qubex on Saturday December 17, 2016 @11:08AM (#13201152)
Very astute, I missed the implication that Pilot Wave theory has transient non-equilibrium states. Thanks for mentioning that.
Re:Why don't more physicists subscribe to pilot wave theory? by naasking on Saturday December 17, 2016 @12:01PM (#13201365)
An introduction for the interested [1]. It would be neat if someone could come up with an experimental test. The very existence of non-equilibrium would immediately falsify Copenhagen.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_non-equilibrium