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I promise I'm not doing it deliberately.
Yes, I would agree with that if we're using "wave function collapse" to refer to any truly probabilistic mechanism in a general sense (as, strictly speaking you could have a non-deterministic mechanics without wave functions at all).
But I note the important fact that you don't need both.
Well no, it's the existence of true non-determinism without any form of wave function collapse.
Well if that's the case, with all due respect, I think you need to study quantum physics more. Because trying to overturn a century of scientific consensus is definitely controversial, at best.
How, specifically, are you modeling the double slit experiment using only Newtonian Mechanics? How about quantum tunneling?
Are claiming that super positions don't actually exist at all? Because, again, you'd better have a solid argument for such a radical claim.
Is it? Hard to say when we're talking about something that doesn't actually exist.
I don’t think what I’m suggesting is “trying to overturn a century of scientific consensus”. It’s a mildly different interpretation of the same math, that doesn’t require many physical worlds. It’s also not that uncommon. The “many worlds” idea is not scientific consensus. Go read about interpretations of quantum mechanics from sources other than Sean Carroll.
Both the double slit experiments and quantum tunneling emerge when you apply quantum statistics to any point particle following Newtonian mechanics.
Superpositions are a mathematical tool for describing the statistics of potential measurements.