Quantum Physics as HyperReality = Crisis

Modern physics as Quantum Mechanics QM is based on a (complex-valued) wave function $\Psi (X)$ depending on a $3N$-dimensional configuration space coordinate $X$ for an atomic system with $N$ electrons giving each electron a separate 3d Euclidean space. 

Configuration space is a mathematical construct which does not have any physical representation for $N>1$. The wave function as a function defined on configuration space shares the same lack of physical representation. The wave function evolves in time as a mathematical construct satisfying a Schrödinger equation. 

To give QM a meaning beyond a mathematical game it is necessary to give the wave function a physical meaning, which has drawn much attention without any common view ever being formed. The credibility of modern physics has suffered from this failure and can be seen as the main reason for its present commonly witnessed crisis, which can be summarised as follows: 

• classical physics = mathematical model with physical origin.   
• quantum physics = mathematical model without physical origin.     

To handle the lack of physical origin in quantum physics, the logic has been twisted by turning the mathematical model into a new form of reality, which then perfectly fits the model. This connects to the French philosopher Baudrillard's concept of hyperreality as imagined reality formed from a model without origin, when the model is turned into real. 

That this is what de facto happened in quantum physics, is evidenced by the fact that quantum model predictions always perfectly match (imagined) reality.  

We can summarise (see also this post and this post):

• classical physics: reality is turned into mathematical model
• quantum physics: mathematical model is turned into hyperreality.

There is a further complication coming from the lack of physical origin/representation of the wave function, namely the conceptual understanding of a mathematical model without origin in some physics connecting to our experience as human beings. In short, how can be capture in our minds a wave-function defined over a $3N$-dimensional configuration space, when our experience is 3d?

The modern quantum physicist thus has to struggle with an imagined reality represented by a mathematical model without real origin as support for imagination. How to imagine a reality when the imagination has nothing relevant to feed from?

There is a way out of this dilemma: Start with RealQM as a quantum model with real origin. 

Recall that we can understand forms of virtual reality without origin but only so far the virtual reality is based on concepts of reality. If the virtual reality displays 6 space dimensions, then we will not be able to properly understand (but possibly pretend to).

Baudrillard uses Disney World as a form of hyperreality as a model of an American society which has never existed, thus without true origin, but yet in familiar terms we can understand.