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Originally Posted by JAK  Can you briefly summarize the major paradigms with which your ideas are consistent as well as which ones are in conflict? |
WAVE PARTICLE DUALITY
The most popular theories on this subject are (1) The Copenhagen Interpretation and (2) Parallel Worlds. I firmly reject both of these explanations.
My model explains WP duality quite simply - particles move as waveforms and only collapse as real particles when they come into proximity with another and the critical value of the probability function is exceeded. What happens in the dual slit experiment is that the waveform passes through both slits to create an interference pattern. If we place an observer at one of the slits he uses a detector to tell when a particle passes through that slit. The detector, of course, must create an interaction with the particle in order to detect it. This interaction causes the waveform to collapse hence the particle will have to start again from the slit and no interference is viewed. Copenhagen requires the presence of an observer to explain this but this is simply a misunderstanding of WP duality.
This explanation for WP duality is part of my model, but also exists under the name of 'Objective Collapse Theory'. Having such a simple explanation it should be deemed unnecessary to invent parallel worlds and other such sci-fi concoctions.