Debate over Bohmian mechanics and its potential disproof continues among physicists

In the event of a nuclear holocaust, the only life remaining on Earth may be cockroaches, Keith Richards and physicists arguing about philosophical interpretations of quantum mechanics.

Is the controversy settled? Only when pigs – and pilot waves – fly.

One especially rich source of arguments is a deterministic alternative to the standard Copenhagen interpretation that dates back to the American (and later British, after Princeton University fired him for alleged communist sympathies) theoret