Imagine someone comes to you with this new theory, 'quantum mechanics', and that's their elevator pitch. Do you even give them the time of day? Even with lots of data that's consistent with what you describe, it sounds (and is) very contorted, and does not mesh well with classical mechanics. If Newton were alive, he might show you three different ways in which QM can't be right. We've got to abandon this mode of thinking where a current popular theory must be right, must be correct if not necessarily complete, rather than the passing phase that it much more likely is. Better to focus our energy on finding the replacement. That's what Newton or Einstein would do. If physics is like enzymology (and I think fundamental advancement follows the same kind of pattern in all fields), then the elements of a better theory are already conceived but not appreciated, and some bright new star will recognize that and put the bits together successfully. If you are under 40, you should try it. My two cents. (Maybe three cents.) ( :
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