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Re: Particle Position



Ron Ebert wrote:

[snip] And it doesn't help to assume
non-locality and hidden variables,
because then the hidden variables become
moot, as potentially any influence
anywhere in the universe could affect
the value of the dynamic attributes
instant to instant.

Without commiting myself to any particluar position with respect to the work
of David Bohm, I observe that in fact it may help immensely to assume
non-locality and hidden variables. One can sleep better knowing that,
without contradicting any experiment, one is free to think of "particles" as
little grains with both instantaneous position and instantaneous momentum.
Why should we believe in locality in the first place?

Those interested in this alternate interpretation of quantum mechanics will
enjoy an article devoted to it that appeared in Scientific American sometime
within the last few years. There is also a thick monograph published in the
'90s that exhaustively explores the Bohm interpretation. I have references
to neither at hand, but if someone is really interested I could probably
locate them.

-- David (an agnostic on issues not resolvable by experiment)
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