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. Kenneth Udut Naples, Florida USA Via :
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https://www.quantamagazine.org/20140624-fluid-tests-hint-at-concrete-quantum-reality/
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