For anyone who is interested, I have found a possible meaning for Einstein's 'too cheap' remark in regards to deBroglie-Bohm theory.
Karl Pribram is a gifted neuroscientist who is still alive, but who worked closely with Bohm for many years attempting to create a theory of mind using Bohm's...
I can see that you are simply restating your position without pausing to consider what I wrote. Since this is the internet, this comes as no surprise. And while your latest comment is rather long, the additional length does not increase the merit of your argument.
Let me state for the 'record'...
I keep hearing this. What is amusing about it is three-fold:
1. The arbitrary distinction between science and philosophy. Most of Newton's written works dealt with theology. Einstein never erected any kind of firewall between his 'scientific' and 'religious' ideas, which meant he could make...
So, it's 'hidden variable' vs. 'incomplete' in terms of the two charges both sides level at each other. EPR and Bohm would say QM is incomplete. Their positions all vary, but in general it might be said that they all hold a 'realist' position, i.e. what is down there, at bottom, must be...
Also, I think there may be something wrong in what I wrote above.
If 'deterministic' is taken to mean *non-probabilistic outcome*, then it could probably be said that EPR thought QM was incomplete to extent that it was not deterministic in its predictions.
But then what about statistical...
It seems to me that sometimes we may be too quick to ascribe to difficult problems the qualities of murkiness or 'taste' in order to escape them.
In EPR, completeness is explicitly defined as a one-to-one correspondence between elements of a scientific description and elements of a physical...
Thanks all for your replies.
The statistical mechanics connection is the one I have been looking for, I think. There seems little doubt that Einstein considered statistical mechanics 'complete' in the sense he was looking for in QM.
I've come across that 'too cheap' quote elsewhere. I'd love...
My question is not whether Bohmian mechanics is preferable to quantum mechanics. It is not "Which one is better?"
This may be the question appearing in other threads. My question is: is Bohmian mechanics regarded as a complete theory in the sense of EPR?
As these forums seem more devoted to...
How disappointing that this is the first reply I receive on this forum. I hope it does not reflect the overall quality of discussion here.
You may note that the problem of completeness is not a 'philosophical' question as you say, but the very issue Einstein had with quantum mechanics. To wit...
Hello, forum!
I am puzzling my way through some interpretation. In the famous EPR paper, the authors ask whether quantum mechanics is a 'complete' theory in the sense of whether or not the wave function completely describes the physical circumstances in question. EPR conclude that it is not...