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   Rich L. to Jos Bergervoet   
   Re: Why only one? (Bohm's particle)   
   09 Jan 17 22:21:38   
   
   From: ralivingston1952@charter.net   
      
   On Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 4:14:09 PM UTC-6, Jos Bergervoet wrote:   
   > As a sidenote to the other discussion here: I always wondered why in   
   > de Broglie-Bohm theory[*] only one particle is piloted by the wave   
   > function. As many particles as we want could be piloted, since the   
   > mechanism is effortless for the wave function. There is no influence   
   > back on the wave function from the particle(s).   
   ...   
   > Jos   
      
   I do not favor the pilot wave theory because it is holding onto the   
   classical concept of a particle that is localized in space.  It does not   
   help explain things like entangled states, photon polarization   
   correlation experiments, etc.   
      
   Rich L.   
      
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