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What could Bell’s theorem be telling us?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Noldus, Johan |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | We point out that there is no obvious contradiction between the results of quantum mechanics and consequences of general relativity conceived in its most general form. 1 Where can one look for a real contradiction? Recently, claims that a final Bell experiment has been performed excluding (local) realism are put into perspective. What I intend to do in this short note is to offer a small counterweight to the myth surrounding Bell’s theorem as if realism or indeed local realism would be refuted if a Bell inequality would be surpassed be the raw data. Moreover, I offer some evidence that there is no obvious contradiction behind the ideas of quantum mechanics and general relativity; certainly such clash is not to be found in the EPR paradox. So, I ask to the reader, what is Bell’s theorem [1] [2] telling us? The only thing it reveals is that the notion of locality of Bell cannot be maintained for the microscopic world. While it works perfectly well for macroscopic objects (since they are not entangled in a way we would notice), something else seems to be going on for elementary particles. Nowadays, many people seem to think that at short distance scales our notions of spacetime must break down either because of the infinities arising in quantum field theory or for reasons inherently present in general relativity (that probing spacetime at such distances would cause the formation of microscopic black holes). Often, the point of view of a spacetime foam has been put forward where, possibly, virtual wormholes are created and annihilated. Another idea, inspired by the holistic nature of quantum mechanics and results concerning black hole thermodynamics is that the universe is like a hologram; obviously, if both are on the right track, they ought to be isomorphic to one and another. None of these considerations are in contradiction to general relativity which leaves entirely open what the correct spacetime structure really is and nevertheless both have something to say about quantum non-locality. For suppose that two entangled particles are connected by a traversable Einstein Rosen bridge (better known as a wormhole) then it is possible for them to communicate at effective spacelike separated locations without exceeding the local velocity of light. Now, the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics does not require the wormhole to be destroyed after both particles were measured, it only tells that both individual particles are put ∗email: johan.noldus@gmail.com |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://vixra.org/pdf/1509.0290v2.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
