Schrödinger's equation, its derivation

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Richard Feynman said:

Where did we get that (equation) from? Nowhere. It is not possible to derive it from anything you know. It came out of the mind of Schrödinger.

So does this mean that it is a equation like the Balmer formula or the Rydberg equation? There's no theory behind it, it's just an empirical formula? Did S just look at data and come up with an equation that fit the data? Is it possible that we will find out why the S equation is the way it is in the future, just as Bohr found out why the Balmer formula is the way it is?
 
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