Quantum Mechanics - Pilot Waves

[davidMC1982]

I've often thought that the standard model for quantum mechanics is a bit of a fudge. A remarkably accurate fudge, but a fudge nonetheless. All of physics up until quantum mechanics is intuitive and, after discovery, somehow obvious. Quantum mechanics, on the other hand, is anything but intuitive. To me, much like the geocentric model of the universe, this suggests a faulty abstraction based on incorrect premises. Whilst one cannot deny the accuracy and success of the standard model, one still wonders whether we've gone a long way down the wrong road.

An article on Wired today highlights a somewhat limited revival of the pilot-wave theory originally proposed by Louis de Broglie. To my mind, it provides a more satisfactory explanation of quantum mechanics (not that that counts for anything). What do you guys think?

http://www.wired.com/2014/06/the-new-quantum-reality