"local" seems like a fairly large assumption for something hypothesized by at least some to work through quantum mechanics, of which a central tenant is non-locality. In fact, given the consistency of qm experimental results over the past 50 or so years, it seems entirely plausible to think that it would be a field of study which could upend classical physics.
All that being said I agree extreme skepticism is healthy here, though arrogance or dismissal doesn't seem quite appropriate as these results continue to be reproduced.
All that being said I agree extreme skepticism is healthy here, though arrogance or dismissal doesn't seem quite appropriate as these results continue to be reproduced.