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Does Quantum Nonlocality Exist? Bell's Theorem and the Many-Worlds Interpretation

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Quantum nonlocality may be an artifact of the assumption that observers obey the laws of classical mechanics, while observed systems obey quantum mechanics. I show that, at least in the case of Bell's Theorem, locality is restored if observed and observer are both assumed to obey quantum mechanics, as in the Many-Worlds Interpretation. Using the MWI, I shall show that the apparently "non-local" expectation value for the product of the spins of two widely separated particles --- the "quantum" part of Bell's Theorem --- is really due to a series of three purely local measurements. Thus, experiments confirming "nonlocality" are actually confirming the MWI.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0003146,
  title  = {Does Quantum Nonlocality Exist? Bell's Theorem and the Many-Worlds Interpretation},
  author = {Frank J. Tipler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0003146},
  year   = {2007}
}

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7 pages in plain TeX, no figures