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1. lpelli+ag[view] [source] 2020-04-26 21:07:45
>>qqqqqu+(OP)
Bell's theorem. It somehow proves that quantum physics is incompatible with local hidden variables, but I could never see an understandable explanation (for me at least) of just how it works.
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2. wizema+Ci[view] [source] 2020-04-26 21:30:46
>>lpelli+ag
Perhaps you can try the following article, as it was the simplest and clearest explanation I've found anywhere:

https://www.physics.wisc.edu/undergrads/courses/spring2016/4...

AFAICS it was published in the American Journal of Physics in 1981 but it's addressed to the general reader. It requires no knowledge of quantum physics.

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