A Locally Realistic Quantum Theory
Quantum Theory is Locally Realistic (References listed at bottom) (Apologies for awkward citation-style and quoting) Introduction Stochastic mechanics is a mathematical formulation rooted in the work of Edward Nelson (e.g. 1966, 1985; Nelson attributes the basis of the theory to Fenyes, 1952) that can reproduce all predictions of quantum mechanics, deriving the Schrodinger equation from some basic assumptions about a stochastic process. Like Bohmian mechanics, the quantum behavior is realized by particles that are always in definite positions and move along continuous trajectories; however, in stochastic mechanics particles zig-zag about randomly, describable in terms of a diffusion (which effectively replaces the role of the Bohmian pilot-wave). Formally-speaking, stochastic mechanics is agnostic about the cause of the randomness; however, it is commonly thought that in order to make the theory physically intelligible, the random motion should be caused by the particles interacting wi...