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Presentation claims superdeterminism has been proven in an experiment
Recently stumbled across [Unacceptable reference deleted by the Mentors] and the abstract says that an experiment that spanned 2000-2012 has proven that physics is superdeterministic. I have absolutely no background in quantum physics whatsoever which is why I can't verify or reject the claim (Or even understand what most of the abstract is saying for that matter, other than the fact that it says superdeterminism has been proven), but I found it rather strange, so I came here for help and confirmation. Have recent advances in science that I've admittedly not been paying attention to really proven a superdeterministic universe? Sorry if this is a dumb question, it's just that I know almost nothing about Quantum Mechanics, so I didn't know what to even search for to verify the presentation (It has no citations nor is it referred to by others who are either endorsing or rejecting it)
 
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I am sorry for the presenter. I have not heard his speech, but his slides are what I would consider to be "quantum woo". It does not cite other research, it does not use equations, his graphs are not easy to understand, he uses American football teams and astronomy in the background (for something that it is not related to that as far as I can tell), he relates quantum mechanics with grammar, COVID-19 pandemic and topology in unusual ways, he presents this in "Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Theory and Phenomena", and so on.

As for the experiment, he does not cite it in the slides so we cannot know what he is talking about. Either he reinterprets some experiment to support his claims or the experiment is not that notable.

Edit: the rabbit's hole goes deep. If you click in the YouTube link it leads you to his YouTube channel where he links a paper: [Unacceptable reference deleted by the Mentors] From reading the abstract I can tell that for him any Bell tests basically proves superdeterminism because these test do not falsify it ever. Also the 2000-2012 experiment is called the "Tempt Destiny Experiment" where the only references provided are more papers by himself (none from a notable peer-reviewed journal). The experiment consist of making predictions of American football games. I would not give this person any more interest.
 
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After a review of the OP's reference and the one uncovered by @pines-demon, the links have been redacted and the thread will remain closed. Thank you @pines-demon for the detective work. :smile:
 
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