Does probabilism solve the great quantum mystery?

Theoria: Revista de Teoría, Historia y Fundamentos de la Ciencia 19 (3):321-336 (2010)
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I put forward a micro realistic, probabilistic version of quantum theory, which specifies the precise nature of quantum entities thus solving the quantum wave/particle dilemma, and which both reproduces the empirical success of orthodox quantum theory, and yields predictions that differ from orthodox quantum theory for as yet unperformed experiments.

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