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3 Post author: MrMind 23 February 2015 08:01AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 23 February 2015 06:16:20PM 2 points [-]

Yet another candidate for an alternative model for Quantum Mechanics: Announcement, Pre-print

Of course the prior for such a thing being true is incredibly low. Presumably if these superfluids only satisfy Maxwell's equations to first order, it may be possible to construct experiments decisively ruling it out.

Comment author: g_pepper 23 February 2015 07:19:24PM 2 points [-]

fundamental particles are just quasiparticles in a superfluid quantum vacuum

The luminiferous aether is back!