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The problem David Bohm's pilot wave theory has is that standard QM has been so successful and verified by experiment so many times that few physicists
will not feel motivated to challenge it, and also
Bohm's theory does not make predictions that are at odds with
QM and therefore would allow a clear distinction
between the standard QM and Bohm's pilot wave theory.
In Bohm's theory there is even an element of instantaneous action
in the way the pilot wave can change instantaneously throughout
its length.Bohm's theory stays close to standard QM in so many
ways, that it would be surprising if it cannot be applied to
relativistic QED and QCD.In forty years since it was thought
up, nobody has been able to produce a convincing argument
which shows the pilot wave theory is wrong.
Can anyone think of an argument to show Bohm was right?
will not feel motivated to challenge it, and also
Bohm's theory does not make predictions that are at odds with
QM and therefore would allow a clear distinction
between the standard QM and Bohm's pilot wave theory.
In Bohm's theory there is even an element of instantaneous action
in the way the pilot wave can change instantaneously throughout
its length.Bohm's theory stays close to standard QM in so many
ways, that it would be surprising if it cannot be applied to
relativistic QED and QCD.In forty years since it was thought
up, nobody has been able to produce a convincing argument
which shows the pilot wave theory is wrong.
Can anyone think of an argument to show Bohm was right?