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View SchemaDoes Quantum Nonlocality Exist? Bell's Theorem and the Many-Worlds Interpretation
| Authors | Frank J. Tipler |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0003146 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0003146 |
Abstract
Quantum nonlocality may be an artifact of the assumption that observers obey the laws of classical mechanics, while observed systems obey quantum mechanics. I show that, at least in the case of Bell's Theorem, locality is restored if observed and observer are both assumed to obey quantum mechanics, as in the Many-Worlds Interpretation. Using the MWI, I shall show that the apparently "non-local" expectation value for the product of the spins of two widely separated particles --- the "quantum" part of Bell's Theorem --- is really due to a series of three purely local measurements. Thus, experiments confirming "nonlocality" are actually confirming the MWI.
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