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    No experiment can rule out hidden classical variables as ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Some failures of repeatability in physical experiments are genuinely due to quantum indeterminism, not merely failures of experimental control.

    No experiment can rule out hidden classical variables as the source of variance, as Bohm's 1952 pilot-wave theory demonstrates empirically.

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    • 1.Bohm's theory reproduces all quantum predictions identically, proving empirical equivalence doesn't require abandoning classical determinism.
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    • 2.Bell's theorem only excludes local hidden variables, not all hidden variables; Bohm's nonlocal model remains consistent with experiments.
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    • 3.Falsifiability requires distinguishing theories empirically; identical predictions mean no experiment can logically rule out either framework.
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    • 1.Bohm's theory requires undetectable nonlocal influences, making it metaphysically extravagant compared to standard quantum mechanics' simplicity.
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    • 2.Empirical equivalence doesn't mean hidden variables are true—it means the ontology is underdetermined; parsimony favors rejecting unnecessary entities.
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    • 3.The claim conflates 'unfalsifiable' with 'empirically viable'; Occam's razor legitimately excludes theories with surplus unobservable machinery.
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