Abstract
For more than eighty years, quantum theory (QT) has dominated physical science. This domination remains unchallenged to this day. Some physicists celebrate this remarkable stability. Others lament this fact and argue that QT inhibits our understanding of physical reality. They feel that numerous problems that have accumulated in physical science require stepping beyond the horizon outlined by QT. The article offers a critical examination of the foundational assumptions of QT that shape its practice. It uses two interpretations of QT as case studies—Copenhagen interpretation and the theoretical perspective advanced by American physicist David Bohm—to explain one major problem that continues to plague our study of physics. The article sketches a path to a possible solution and outlines a new science practice that this solution will require.
Highlights
For more than eighty years, quantum theory (QT) has dominated the science of physics
They feel that numerous problems that have accumulated in physical science require stepping beyond the horizon outlined by QT
It uses two interpretations of QT—the Copenhagen interpretation and the theoretical perspective advanced by American physicist David Bohm—as case studies to explain one major problem that continues to plague our study of physics
Summary
For more than eighty years, quantum theory (QT) has dominated the science of physics. There are, others—and their number is growing—who are very resentful of the fact that physics has not been able to step much beyond the horizon circumscribed by QT They see its continued domination as the principal cause of what they see as stagnation in our physical science. QT has become an obstacle to the evolution of our knowledge about physical reality and a hindrance to its progress They feel that numerous problems that have accumulated in physical science require stepping beyond the horizon outlined by QT. The article offers a critical examination of the foundational assumptions of QT that shape its practice It uses two interpretations of QT—the Copenhagen interpretation and the theoretical perspective advanced by American physicist David Bohm—as case studies to explain one major problem that continues to plague our study of physics.
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