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Did Bell or Bohr prove Einstein wrong?

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Einstein did not consider Quantum Mechanics, QM, complete or consistent. In 1949, he stated that "I am, in fact firmly convinced that the essentially statistical character of contemporary quantum theory is solely to be ascribed to the fact that this [theory] operates with an incomplete description of physical systems " [EINSTEIN 1949] In this statement, Einstein emphasized the indeterminism, statistical character, as the objectionable nature of QM. But, it is not the indeterminism that bothered Einstein. Howard [HOWARD 1985a] articulated Einstein's position as two principles. Separability Principle "asserts that any two spatially separated systems posses their own real states" Locality…

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What is wrong with Quantum Mechanics?

Quantum Mechanics does not explain the three most mysterious phenomena. 1) Single Particle Interference. (2) Correlations between particles that are separated by arbitrarily large distances. (3) Presence or tunneling of particles in classically forbidden regions. Quantum Mechanics is inconsistent Quantum Mechanics assumes a collapse of the wavefunction upon a measurement. However, the wavefunction's unitary evolution is inconsistent with the nonlinear collapse. Wavefunction can spread over arbitrarily large distances. However, experiments detect only localized whole particles. An extended wavefunction cannot collapse to a microscopically localized particle instantly. Linear superposition encodes multiple particle states in a single wavefunction. However, experiments detect only…

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