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Hidden variable alternative to quantum spookiness fails - C C - Sep 20, 2024
And hardly the first time it's come up zilch.
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Hidden variable alternative to quantum spookiness fails
https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/hidden-variable-quantum-spookiness/
KEY POINTS: From Newton through Maxwell, every particle and interaction known seemed to obey a deterministic set of equations, but the discovery of radioactivity and quantum physics quickly changed all that. In quantum physics, you can only predict the probability distribution of a set of possible outcomes, with an actual measurement required to tell you which outcome has actually occurred. One interpretation of quantum physics, Bohmian mechanics, involves hidden variables and seeks to do away with quantum spookiness entirely. Its one measurable prediction just failed. (MORE - details)
RE: Hidden variable alternative to quantum spookiness fails - Syne - Sep 20, 2024
My thoughts exactly. Why keep trying when the results are repeatedly the same?
I guess someone's running on Edison's optimistic "I just found 2000 ways not to.."