The Nobel Prize and the Bell Inequalities

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John Bell discovered that non-locality in quantum mechanics is. important and he noticed that there was non- Locality in Boehm's theory. The Nobel committee when giving out the press release announcing the Nobel Prize completely got it wrong they wrote in their press release that John Bell had proven that hidden variable theories were impossible. "I think that maybe there is some value to thinking more carefully about these issues," says Mindscape podcast host Richard Quest.

Welcome to that beloved Mindscape annual tradition, the Holiday Message. An opportunity for a quicker and less-well-thought-out solo episode to round off another year. Ironically, this year the theme is the importance of slowing down and thinking things out really well! Illustrated by two things that have been on my mind: a couple of internet/tech kerfuffles (Elon Musk buying Twitter, Sam Bankman-Fried and the collapse of FTX), and the distinction between foundations of physics and “regular” physics. See if you can dimly perceive the thread that ties them together.

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