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(My physics education is limited to some undergrad level classes, so sorry if my interpretation is erroneous) Could it be that spooky action has underlying cau
by GuiA 14y ago
(My physics education is limited to some undergrad level classes, so sorry if my interpretation is erroneous)
Could it be that spooky action has underlying causes that we can't tell yet? For example, reusing the flag metaphor- you and your friend decide to MAYBE wave a flag every day at 1200 GST, and then in practice it happens that every sunny day you both wave it (because hey it's sunny, everybody likes to go outside) and on rainy days no one does (because it's warm and dry inside in your house).
An alien with no knowledge of meteorology and our reaction to it observing this would always observe that either both flags are waved, or both are not, in a seeming random matter, where in fact it is not random at all.
- danbruc 14y agoWhat you are describing are hidden variables [1]. Instead of depending on the weather condition both parties could just agree on a secret flag waving schedule you will never be able to observe. Experimental tests have shown that the Bell Inequality [2] is violated and this rules out the class of local hidden variable theories. As far as I know non-local hidden variable theories are still possible. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_variable_theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_variable_theory [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bells_theorem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bells_theorem
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- andrewflnr 14y agoI believe that would be labeled a hidden-variable theory, which have apparently been mathematically eliminated from consideration.
- tedsanders 14y agoOnly local hidden variables has been eliminated (as opposed to nonlocal), and even local hidden variables can logically exist with some tortured reasoning.