Superdeterminism: A Guide for the Perplexed

TL;DR

Superdeterminism offers a local and deterministic framework consistent with quantum correlations, addressing misconceptions and highlighting open problems in this alternative interpretation of quantum mechanics.

Contribution

This paper clarifies misconceptions about superdeterminism, explains its scientific viability, and discusses its potential as a consistent interpretation of quantum phenomena.

Findings

Superdeterminism is consistent with observed quantum correlations.

It is not necessarily finetuned or a threat to scientific methodology.

Open problems remain in developing superdeterminism further.

Abstract

Superdeterminism is presently the only known consistent description of nature that is local, deterministic, and can give rise to the observed correlations of quantum mechanics. I here want to explain what makes this approach promising and offer the reader some advice for how to avoid common pitfalls. In particular, I explain why superdeterminism is not a threat to science, is not necessarily finetuned, what the relevance of future input is, and what the open problems are.