Meaning of pilot wave | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A theoretical matter wave that guides the motion of point particles.
2. A wavefunction on some measurement of information that guides the consciousness or behavior of individual people.
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“To do their job, the pilot waves must travel⟳ to the far slit and return⟳ in time to influence⟳ the electron's path depending on whether that slit is open⟳.”

“The theory of the pilot wave⟳ is a proposal in order⟳ to undersand the basic ontology of the microworld as composed of two different entities given simultaneously: a wave⟳ and a particle.”

“One of the functions of the pilot wave⟳ is to convey information, instantaneously, to the particle concerning any changes which are encountered by the pilot wave⟳.”

“The real component of the Schrödinger equation describes the behaviour of the particle (it acts as a pilot wave⟳ for the particle), while the imaginary component describes the behaviour of the quantum potential.”

“Pilot waves and projections from the implicate order⟳ to the explicate order⟳ of sense-perceptible phenomena are inscrutable to our everyday consiousness, at least directly.”

“Speaking in general terms, my hypothesis is that the pilot wave⟳ of my consciousness directs my consciousness through configuration space in the sense⟳ of actualizing these possibilities; e.g. a possible hue becomes an actual content of my visual awareness by virtue of being actualized by a mental wave-form, in particular, an intentional act. More exactly, as we shall see⟳ below, it is the more complex wave-form produced by the entaglement of my brain's pilot wave⟳ with the pilot wave⟳ of my consciousness that simultaneously actualizes the sensory quale and a set⟳ of nerve cell firings.”

“The quadratic function varies essentially more strongly than the linear function, and, as a result⟳, such a financial pilot wave⟳ induces a nontrivial financial force⟳.”

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