Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: This text explores the fundamental divide between empirical laboratory data and continuous theoretical physics models, framing the "quantum measurement paradox" as an ontological error, specifically E.T. Jaynes' ``mind projection fallacy'' where abstract mathematical tools like wavefunctions are mistaken for physical reality. While quantum theory successfully predicts ensemble averages, it remains inherently silent on individual, event-by-event detection statistics. To resolve these conceptual mysteries without resorting to ad-hoc explanations like wavefunction collapse, the text introduces Event-By-Event Simulation (EBES). As a modular, discrete-event simulation framework utilizing causally-driven Deterministic Learning Machines (DLMs), EBES bypasses continuous time and pre-specified probability distributions. Instead, it generates discrete data from the bottom up in a strictly localized, cause-and-effect manner. Ultimately, EBES provides a computationally efficient methodology that mirrors actual laboratory observations, modeling phenomena that lie entirely beyond the reach of standard quantum theory.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Author: De Raedt, Hans
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7213273269