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> Also called "phase" this is the thing there is to "see" : It has a definite value for a single experiment, but every time you do the experiment it has a different value. It behaves like a random variable and that's what allows you to replicate the behavior of what QM does by generating random numbers. That's the subtlety that makes it so that Bell's theorem don't apply.

That's standard local hidden variable theory. Bell's theorem apply.

The problem is that the device that is used in the article gives the wrong prediction for a beam with 50% vertically (φ=0) polarized light and 50% horizontally polarizad light (φ=90°). What is the ratio of selected photons as a function of the angle a?




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