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Can Bell's Prescription for Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?

Quantum Physics 2009-06-29 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

An experiment is proposed to test Bell's theorem in a purely macroscopic domain. If realized, it would determine whether Bell inequalities are satisfied for a manifestly local, classical system. It is stressed why the inequalities should not be presumed to hold for such a macroscopic system without actual experimental evidence. In particular, by providing a purely classical, topological explanation for the EPR-Bohm type spin correlations, it is demonstrated why Bell inequalities must be violated in the manifestly local, macroscopic domain, just as strongly as they are in the microscopic domain.

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@article{arxiv.0806.3078,
  title  = {Can Bell's Prescription for Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?},
  author = {Joy Christian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.3078},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages; See also arXiv:0904.4259, arXiv:quant-ph/0703179, and arXiv:0707.1333