Abstract
Orthodox quantum mechanics is a highly successful theory despite its serious conceptual flaws. It renounces realism, implies a kind of action-at-a-distance and is incompatible with determinism. Orthodox quantum mechanics states that Schrödinger’s equation (a deterministic law) governs spontaneous processes while measurement processes are ruled by probability laws. It is well established that time dependent perturbation theory must be used for solving problems involving time. In order to account for spontaneous processes, this last theory makes use of laws valid only when measurements are performed. This incoherence seems absent from the literature.
Highlights
The first formulation of quantum mechanics is due to P
Wheeler detail: “The Copenhagen interpretation [in the present paper named OQM] provided a strikingly successful recipe for doing calculations that accurately described the outcomes of experiments, but the suspicion lingered that some equation ought to describe when and how this collapse occurred. Many physicists took this lack of an equation to mean that something was intrinsically wrong with quantum mechanics and that it would soon be replaced by a more fundamental theory that would provide such an equation
It is agreed that the method provided by this last theory must be used for solving all problems involving a consideration of time, including spontaneous time dependent processes
Summary
The first formulation of quantum mechanics is due to P. Von Neumann’s formulation continues, to be preferred to other approaches and, at present, it is frequently the only one taught at the academy It is known as orthodox (ordinary or standard) quantum mechanics (OQM), it is sometime referred to as the Copenhagen interpretation. 3) OQM introduces a subjective element into the theory through the projection postulate This is an unacceptable procedure to account for processes happening in a world which objectively exists. Referring to Maxwell’s influence on the evolution of the idea of physical reality he asserted: “The belief in an external world independent of the perceiving subject is the basis of all natural science” [7] In addition to these issues, OQM presents a conflict with conservation laws which has been largely ignored. The absence of a rule to determine which law must be applied is the worst flaw that OQM confronts [12] [15]
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