I#ve been a fan of Pilot Waves for many years. We#ve made great
progress in the Copenhagen and other popular interpretations of
Quantum Mechanics, such as many worlds, but a lot of these are
based on a perceived need to distance ourselves from Maxwell # a
perceived #break# with the past, as all old formulas get their
new (but not necessarily improved) Quantum Mechanical
equivalent.
As we get closer to making practical devices using quantum level
technologies, having a proper understanding of quantum mechanics
is crucial for us to continue.
The analoges of electricity, pressure, behavior of fluids, etc #
all lining up nicely with each other in practical engineering
fields (a water computer is no more difficult than an computer
of electrons; space is the main issue) # all are primarily
expressed in waves, and rightly so.
Excess emphasis on the perceived #spookiness# of quantum level
interactions does help fund the almost religious mystique of all
things #quantum#; it has become a magic word in many circles#.
but it simply means #counting how much/how many#.
The idea of separate little things we can count is *very* useful
and helpful # and indeed, for many things, we can #count# and
act #as if# things are isolated from other things.
but they#re not.
The complex interaction of all things is obvious from the very
nature of the beginnings of the Universe; we were once all one
and there is no #nothing# inbetween things, even though we are
often taught that in school. There is a #something# in the
#middle# of things # there always is.
This doesn#t mean the path will be easy; we may still depend on
a particle zoo view of things simply because so much wonderful
work and research has been done in that area # and there is no
reason to abandon it all.
But an understanding of the *context* within which this
#apparent# particles are living in # - as expressions of waves #
not #clouds# of statistics# raising math to a level that
Pythagoras#s followers would fully recognize as their religion #
will most definitely benefit future research and technologies,
in my opinion.
