tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post3429914272572216045..comments2024-03-11T13:47:03.621-05:00Comments on Physics and Physicists: "Proof" of Pilot Waves from Fluid Dynamics?ZapperZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-75518087066622415722014-09-23T09:01:41.650-05:002014-09-23T09:01:41.650-05:00I disagree. The existence of gravitational waves a...I disagree. The existence of gravitational waves are NOT accepted by all mainstream physicists, and certainly, there are no established consensus yet for its existence. Otherwise, what's the point in LIGO, LISA, etc.?<br /><br />Pilot waves have not been detected not because no one is trying to find them, but because there are no mechanism of such detection. Note that there have been experiments employing "weak measurement" detection that have averaged out to be consistent to such pilot wave picture. Do a search of this blog to find one such example. So the claim that no one is looking for it is false.<br /><br />Zz.ZapperZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-33177670408843542192014-09-23T08:57:30.697-05:002014-09-23T08:57:30.697-05:00I don't think the lack of direct detection of ...I don't think the lack of direct detection of pilot waves is a fair criticism. Gravitational waves have never been directly detected and yet most mainstream physicists accept their existence. Pilot waves may have not been detected yet but there hasn't exactly been an effort to try to find them either.Gael Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02211551786278476094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-1161182107683328852014-06-30T12:34:30.560-05:002014-06-30T12:34:30.560-05:00Does the pilot wave interpretation actually differ...Does the pilot wave interpretation actually differ from the standard QM formulation in terms of physical predictions? I was under the impression that they were mathematically equivalent. <br /><br />This reminds me of an interview I read a couple years ago where the lead investigator touted some experimental results as being "entirely consistent with the pilot wave theory" and this was meant to be a big deal. BUT, upon further inspection, both interpretations led to the same predictions about the experiment, so the statement was basically meaningless. The same article claimed that weak measurements were somehow violating the uncertainty principle. Bleh!Steve Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15767299905748676344noreply@blogger.com