Philip Pearle, professor of physics emeritus, was interviewed for a New Scientist feature article "Taking the spookiness out of quantum theory" (11/3/07). In an article that questions whether quantum theory is "the final theory," Pearle comments on physicist Stephen Adler's "emergent quantum theory" – an idea that builds quantum physics from the bottom up, starting from a hypothetical lower level that obeys classical physics. "This work is truly ingenious," Pearle said in the article. "Is it the long-sought formulation that makes quantum, theory understandable? I'd say a definite maybe."
Pearle was quoted further as saying "When I started 30 years ago almost no one was doing this kind of work. Now lots of people are looking at the standard ideas of physics with news eyes."
Pearle was quoted further as saying "When I started 30 years ago almost no one was doing this kind of work. Now lots of people are looking at the standard ideas of physics with news eyes."
