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Interesting citation, I had heard of John Bell's theorem, which disproves local hidden variable theories. But I did not know that von Neumann had his own attem
by DalasNoin 5y ago
Interesting citation, I had heard of John Bell's theorem, which disproves local hidden variable theories.
But I did not know that von Neumann had his own attempt at disproving these theories.
Researching this a little further, I also found people arguing that von Neumanns arguments were misconstrued by Bell.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.0499 https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.0499
I wonder how Grete Hermann's arguments compare to the arguments from Bell and what the real truth is.
- meroes 5y agoYa I am not an expert to judge if Bell, Grete, and Mermin also misunderstood von Neumman, and I see a few papers argue that. But the larger physics community does seem to agree with Bell's take. I do find it a bit weird that paper is using an entire page of what von Neumman would have said in response.