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Re: Defining local, causal etc., was: Hidden variable theories

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From: Robert Firth
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 18:08
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In article <5804@osc.COM> Joe Keane <jgk@osc.com> writes:

>I agree it's preposterous to say that a measurement here `instantaneously' has
>an effect billions of light years away.

And guess what, I agree with you.  Where I part company with you and Paul
is at the next milestone.  You seem to think that from the premise "P is
preposterous" it is permissible to derive the conclusion "P is false".
I don't; and the history of QM gives me some confidence in that opinion.
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From: firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth)
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Subject: Re: Defining local, causal etc., was: Hidden variable theories
Keywords: collapse
Message-ID: <1992Oct6.180822.3884@sei.cmu.edu>
Date: 6 Oct 92 18:08:22 GMT
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