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Gordon Watson
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In his text-book "Quantum Theory: Concepts and Methods", Asher Peres (1995) writes:
A: "Bell's theorem is not a property of quantum theory." - (p.162, Peres' emphasis).
B: "This conclusion can be succinctly stated: unperformed experiments have no results." - (p.168, Peres' emphasis).
Questions:
1. Is Peres' conclusion widely accepted within the mainstream QM community?
2. What are other mainstream conclusions (with sources if possible)?
3. What is the correct terminology, linking Bell's theorem to QM -- that goes something like this, as I recall -- "Bell's theorem cannot be formed from within QM?"
Thank you.
PS: Re #1 above: "For example, according to the so-called Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, one is simply not allowed to ask what happened in a situation where no measurement was made." (Rachel Hillmer and Paul Kwiat; April 16, 2007) at
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=quantum-eraser-what-do-quantum-particles-really-do
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In his text-book "Quantum Theory: Concepts and Methods", Asher Peres (1995) writes:
A: "Bell's theorem is not a property of quantum theory." - (p.162, Peres' emphasis).
B: "This conclusion can be succinctly stated: unperformed experiments have no results." - (p.168, Peres' emphasis).
Questions:
1. Is Peres' conclusion widely accepted within the mainstream QM community?
2. What are other mainstream conclusions (with sources if possible)?
3. What is the correct terminology, linking Bell's theorem to QM -- that goes something like this, as I recall -- "Bell's theorem cannot be formed from within QM?"
Thank you.
PS: Re #1 above: "For example, according to the so-called Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, one is simply not allowed to ask what happened in a situation where no measurement was made." (Rachel Hillmer and Paul Kwiat; April 16, 2007) at
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=quantum-eraser-what-do-quantum-particles-really-do
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