In search of the adaptive foundations of quantum mechanics

A subquantum theory is outlined in which the concept of continuity in the trajectory of a material system plays a crucial role to explain quantum behaviour. A particle or fundamental system is defined as a dual entity formed by bare matter and a methodological probabilistic classical Turing machine that are coupled through information transfer. The sketchy underlying mechanism, that determines the response of the system, is based on self-interaction. The evolution of the system is led by three Darwinian-informational regulating principles that maximize the survival expectations of the system, yielding the most convenient sequence of self-interaction events. The deduction of the postulates of quantum mechanics from our theory is discussed. Quantum behaviour would appear as a result of Darwinian natural selection. As a consequence of this theory, reality, locality and causality could be in a certain sense reconciled.

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