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View SchemaThe Conventionality of Synchronization and the Causal Structure of Quantum Mechanics
| Authors | James Carrubba |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0606230 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0606230 |
Abstract
Measuring velocities requires the synchronization of spatially-separated clocks. Because this synchronization must precede the determination of velocities, no system of clock synchronization--such as that based on Einstein's presumption of light-speed isotropy--can ever be founded on an experimentally-validated velocity. I argue that this very old observation, which lingers in the philosophical literature under the heading ``Conventionality of Synchronization,'' suggests an explanation of why ``spooky'' quantum correlations can transfer no information at any speed, superluminal or otherwise. This work constitutes the first application of the Conventionality doctrine outside of Relativity itself.
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