Understanding quantization: a hidden variable model

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We argue that to solve the foundational problems of quantum theory one has to first understand what it means to quantize a classical system. We then propose a quantization method based on replacement of deterministic c-numbers by stochastically-parametrized c-numbers. Unlike canonical quantization, the method is free from operator ordering ambiguity and the resulting quantum system has a straightforward interpretation as statistical modification of an ensemble of classical trajectories. We then develop measurement without wave function collapse à la pilot-wave theory and point out new testable predictions.