Wave-particle Duality?

Most recent answer: 05/22/2018

Q:
Does this Hypothesis solve Quantum Mechanic's central Wave-Particle Duality problem?https://www.dropbox.com/s/gp7fm6neowvkd6j/Executive%20Summary-Wave-Particle%20Duality%20Hypothesis.pdf?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/75mniw1pwzyja3e/Wave-Particle%20Duality%20Hypothesis.pdf?dl=0
- Mikko Laukkanen (age 40)
London, UK
A:

No. It's BS. 

For starters, it is a purely local realist theory. The many, many experiments, mostly using photons, that violate the Bell Inequalities show that all such theories are false. The article doesn't mention Bell or those experiments.

There are many other problems with the article, but on that ground alone it's a non-starter.

I should mention that "wave-particle duality" is not actually an issue in modern quantum mechanics. So far as we can tell all states are wavelike. The problem has become deeper and more general. We don't really understand how particular large-scale experiences arise from quantum physics that give much more general, inclusive states. That's called the "measurement" problem, because it was first noticed in experiments where some quantum property was deliberately measured.

Mike W.


(published on 05/22/2018)