Quantum entanglement, fair sampling, and reality: Is the moon there when nobody looks?

dc.creatorAdenier, Guillaume
dc.date2007-05-10
dc.date2007-08-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:24:46Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:24:46Z
dc.descriptionIn 1981, David Mermin described a cleverly simplified version of Bell's theorem. It pointed out in a straightforward way that interpreting entanglement from a local realist point of view can be problematic. I propose here an extended version of Mermin's device that can actually be given a simple local realist interpretation through a sample selection bias, and I argue that we still have no scientific reason to believe that the moon could possibly not be there when nobody looks.
dc.description13 pages, 8 Figures, 1 Table
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0705.1477
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0705.1477
dc.identifierAm. J. Phys. Vol 76, 2, 147-152 (2008)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1119/1.2825326
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/156184
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleQuantum entanglement, fair sampling, and reality: Is the moon there when nobody looks?
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