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View SchemaPopper's experiment and the Copenhagen interpretation
| Authors | Asher Peres |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9910078 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9910078 |
| Journal | Stud. History Philos. Modern Physics 33 (2002) 23 |
Abstract
Popper conceived an experiment whose analysis led to a result that he deemed absurd. Popper wrote that his reasoning was based on the Copenhagen interpretation and therefore invalidated the latter. Actually, Popper's argument involves counterfactual reasoning and violates Bohr's complementarity principle. The absurdity of Popper's result only confirms Bohr's approach.
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