Re:Lost Causes of Theoretical Physics (2003)
by OscarCunningham on Saturday March 03, 2018 @03:14AM
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Right. It doesn't provide evidence for pilot wave theory any more than rolling some balls around on a rubber sheet provides support for Glgeneral relativity.
Re:Lost Causes of Theoretical Physics (2003)
by John_KZ on Saturday March 03, 2018 @09:04AM
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While the current formulation details of the pilot wave theory doesn't allow for new predictions, a better formulated one will. I strongly believe we'll see the breakthrough in the coming 10-15 years. Quantum mechanics are statistic predictions and it's about time we treat them as such.
Re:Lost Causes of Theoretical Physics (2003)
by naasking on Saturday March 03, 2018 @10:30AM
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> While the current formulation details of the pilot wave theory doesn't allow for new predictions
Actually pilot wave theories do have new predictions, namely quantum non-equilibrium. We just have no idea if we can actually design an experiment for it.
The "support" in the article is really just a physical system that obeys (as a macroscopic approximation) something like pilot waves: "just like the universe" if pilot waves are right, and "just like those silly nonlocalists" if pilot waves aren't.