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In the other thread, @DrChinese says: "Show me any Bohmian step by step explanation of the mechanics - in precise time order as required...

If particles no longer exist, then something else absorbed their energy, momentum and quantum information. For example, a photon is...

Since the recent thread on Bohmian mechanics (BM) is now closed, I open a new thread in which I want to explain something that bothers...

Yes, but the effective collapse refers to the effective wave function, not to the fundamental wave function. For various notions of...

This nonlocal change refers to the velocity of the Bohmian particles, not to the properties of the wave function (aka pilot wave). So is...

Here Norsen considers an idealized situation, in which any interaction in the Hamiltonian (that governs the evolution of wave function...

On these matters I agree on almost everything with Norsen, as well as with @PeterDonis . On the other hand, I find very difficult to...

Ah, I think I understand now what's the main source of confusion. In BM there is no collapse, and yet one can talk about collapse in BM...

I could agree with this statement if you could reformulate your question such that there is no destruction of A. (Otherwise, I cannot.)...

The bold part above is wrong. The pilot wave is the Schrodinger wave function. Bur perhaps you meant the pilot wave theory, because the...

As I understand it, the simple answer to the title question, when does the pilot wave action cease? is never. The pilot wave is always...

Thank you, this is very clear and gives me a useful way to think about it. The gauge analogy is particularly helpful.

It depends on what you mean by "physics". If by physics you mean making measurable predictions and nothing else, then you don't need BM...

@DrChinese I see several misconceptions already in your first paragraph of your first post, so let me try to deconstruct them one by...

I have no idea why it looks so to you.