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What was the fallacy in EPRs chain of arguments?

Let's say, there is an entangled system of two electrons with opposite spins; The joint system is in a state of eigenvectors for z-Spin ( $S_z$) with both particles far away from each other: $$|\Psi\...
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Are violations of realism the same thing as contextuality?

I am basically looking for a counter-example where we'd get contextuality but not violations of realism (and vice-versa). If no such counter-examples exist, then it seems to me that they're really one ...
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How does quantum contextuality relate to realism?

According to Spekkens contextuality can be defined as follows: Suppose A, B and C are Hermitian operators such that A and B commute, A and C commute, but B and C do not commute. Then the assumption ...
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How does relaxing counterfactual definiteness allows for CHSH inequality violation?

Scenario, I want to play a game with a group of students as a teacher, I ask two teachers to help. The students are from the central classroom, going to room A and room B where the teachers there asks ...
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Local determinism vs. Local realism vs. Local causality

I found the following definitions for the three different terms. Do you find these definitions exhaustive, or can you suggest more precise formulations? Quoting the wikipedia page on Local realism: ...
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EPR-Bohm paradox and Robertson uncertainty relation [closed]

Consider Bohm's version of the EPR paradox, where spin-1/2 are used. The bipartite system is in the state $$ \vert \Psi\rangle = \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \left( \vert \uparrow_x \rangle_A \vert \...
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