2005
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Jean Bricmont, « What is the meaning of the wave function ? », Bulletins de l'Académie Royale de Belgique, ID : 10.3406/barb.2005.28488
I will review the constraints that the no hidden variable theorems put on the interpretations of quantum mechanics and on the locality of the universe. I will also briefly explain how Bohm's theory gives a clear and objective meaning to the wave function and, at the same time, explains in the simplest possible way the most paradoxical aspects of quantum mechanics.