The Classical Lagrangian Basis of Quantum Mechanics
Some explorations of the classical mechanics Lagrangian basis for quantum theory, as preparation for the next post.
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Reverse-Engineering Quantum Mechanics, VI.
The Coyote Has (Almost) Landed – ‘The Fenchurch Problem’
Here we will examine and interpret in detail the Level 1 primitive ontology and epistemological stance of the de Broglie-Bohm theory. We might disagree a bit with the conventional view…
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Reverse-Engineering Quantum Mechanics, V.
‘The Duckmole Problem’
Quantum theory has been plagued since its formulation by a conception known as ‘wave-particle duality’, a throwback to two distinct and incommensurable concepts from classical physics, forced together into an uneasy shotgun marriage. It was natural for the founders of quantum theory to try to understand and make sense of the new physics in terms of what they were familiar with. But 100 years later, perhaps we can dispense with such unhelpful constructs and seek to develop a nomenclature that moves beyond such dualities and treats quantum entities on their own terms. This may help dispel some of the contortions necessary to accommodate concepts that are not only outmoded but counterproductive. Luckily, some progress has been made on this front.
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Reverse-Engineering Quantum Mechanics, IV.
For Whom the Bell (Theorem) Tolls
Bell’s Theorem excludes a certain class of theories from being viable, and experiments have shown it to be correct, so we’d better pay attention to what the Universe says about its own behaviour. No matter how beautiful you think your theory is, nor how much you love it, it’s always the Universe that gets the final say.
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