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  1. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 @lorenschmidt right, and the difficult part there is understanding whether the simplest & most natural way to express the mathematics is that way just because of historical circumstance
    1. …in reply to @v21
      @mcclure111 @lorenschmidt maybe there's an entirely different, but equivalent, set of mathematical formulations where pilot wave is the most honest interpretation.
      1. …in reply to @v21
        @mcclure111 @lorenschmidt although I guess also... "a distinction that makes no difference is no distinction at all". if they make no different predictions, then this is just a question of what metaphor to dress the model up in. an argument about pedagogy not physics.