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Persona #173

David Bohm

1917–1992
American-British theoretical physicist; pioneer of the pilot-wave (de Broglie–Bohm) interpretation of quantum mechanics

The implicate order — quantum mechanics as the surface of a hidden non-local wholeness

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Attribute David Bohm
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Non-local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Non-local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Mediated
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Partial
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Cosmic-ordering
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method N/A
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Non-conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each persona's writings reveal about their stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

David Bohm

Linear cosmological time, deterministically governed by the quantum potential.

Space

David Bohm

Non-local — entanglement is irreducibly non-local in the pilot-wave interpretation.

Matter

David Bohm

Substantival particles guided by non-local quantum potential.

Observer

David Bohm

Plural physical observers. Mediated knowledge through measurement. Cosmic-ordering: the implicate order as the underlying generative structure.

Energy

David Bohm

Standard physics; the quantum potential carries active information.

Information

David Bohm

Active information is fundamental and conserved at the cosmic scale.

Internal Tensions

Where each persona's working synthesis strains against itself.

David Bohm

Bohm's interpretation was almost entirely ignored by mainstream quantum-mechanical practice from 1952 to 1980 (Bell's theorem partially rehabilitated it). His later collaboration with Krishnamurti and the implicate-order metaphysics divided his readers between physicists who accept the technical work but find the philosophy embarrassing, and philosophical readers who embrace the wholeness register at the cost of technical engagement.