Would Bohr be born if Bohm were born before Born?
Abstract
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I discuss a hypothetical historical context in which a Bohm-like deterministic interpretation of the Schrodinger equation could have been proposed before the Born probabilistic interpretation and argue that in such a context the Copenhagen (Bohr) interpretation would probably have never achieved great popularity among physicists.
5 pages, revised, accepted for publication in Am. J. Phys
5 pages, revised, accepted for publication in Am. J. Phys