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Quantum mechanics is a highly successful theory: it supplies methods for accurately calculating the results of diverse experiments, especially with minute particles. The predictions of quantum mechanics, however, give only the probability of an event, not a deterministic statement of whether or not the event will occur. Because of this probabilism, Einstein remained strongly dissatisfied with the theory throughout his life, though he did not maintain that quantum mechanics is wrong. Rather, he held that it is incomplete: in quantum mechanics the motion of a particle must be described in terms of probabilities, he argued, only because some parameters that determine the motion have not been specified. If these hypothetical "hidden parameters" were known, a fully deterministic trajectory could be defined. Significantly, this hidden-parameter quantum theory leads to experimental predictions different from those of traditional quantum mechanics. Einstein's ideas have been tested by experiments performed since his death, and as most of these experiments support traditional quantum mechanics, Einstein's approach is almost certainly erroneous.
According to the passage, Einstein posed objections to the
A.existence of hidden parameters in quantum theory
B.probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics
C.idea that quantum mechanics is incomplete
D.results of experiments testing quantum theory
E.importance accorded quantum mechanics in physics
The passage suggests that which of the following would have resulted if the experiments mentioned in lines 18-20 had not supported the predictions of traditional quantum mechanics?
A.Einstein, had he been alive, would have revised his approach to quantum mechanics.
B.Hidden-parameter theories would have been considered inaccurate descriptions of real-world phenomena.
C.A deterministic description of the motion of a particle might still be considered possible.
D.Quantum mechanics would have ceased to attract the attention of physicists.
E.Einstein, had he been alive, would have abandoned attempts to specify the hidden parameters that describe motion.
