1997/04/29 by Caroline H. Thompson, Thompson, Caroline H.
Computer Science · Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #Biofield Effects and Biophysics #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/9704045
5 pages, LaTeX, 3 Encapsulated PostScript figures. Submitted 24:4:97 to Physical Review Letters. See also quant-ph/9611037 and other documents at http://www.aber.ac.uk/~cat
arxiv created 1997/04/29 · openalex publication_date 1997/04/29 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Re-evaluation of the evidence (some of it unpublished) shows that experimenters conducting Einstein-Podolsky-Bohm (EPR) experiments may have been deceived by various pre-conceptions and artifacts. False or unproven assumptions were made regarding, in some cases, fair sampling, in others timing, accidental coincidences and enhancement. Realist possibilities, assuming a purely wave model of light, are presented heuristically, and suggestions given for fruitful lines of research. Quantum Mechanics can be proved false, but Bell tests have turned out to be unsuitable for the task.