"The current probabilistic interpretation of the quantum theory leads in its general lines to exact conclusions. But since it denies every possibility of a precise image of the development of phenomena in space and time, it continues to be surrounded by a certain obscurity. It is not at all certain that it furnishes a complete description of physical reality : scientists as eminent as Planck, Einstein and Schrödinger have always expressed doubts on this subject. The idea of Prof. Bohm that it may be necessary to introduce new 'levels' of physical reality deeper and more hidden than those revealed by current experience therefore seems perfectly defensible to me. For my part, returning after a number of years to certain ideas that I had considered previously when I was developing the first bases of wave mechanics, I have examined this question in the light of the conceptions of Prof. Bohm and in collaboration with certain young scientists at the . In particular, I have asked myself whether it would not be possible to find an interpretation which, while retaining all the results given by probabilistic quantum physics, would permit us to obtain a more clear and more intelligible image of micro-physical facts."
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