Wednesday, January 23, 2013

1301.5040 (GianCarlo Ghirardi et al.)

About possible extensions of quantum theory    [PDF]

GianCarlo Ghirardi, Raffaele Romano
Recently it has been claimed that no extension of quantum theory can have improved predictive power, the statement following, according to the authors, from the assumptions of free will and of the correctness of quantum predictions concerning the correlations of measurement outcomes. Here we prove that the argument is basically flawed by an inappropriate use of the assumption of free will. In particular, among other implications, the claim, if correct, would imply that Bohmian Mechanics is incompatible with free will. This statement, appearing in the paper, derives from the unjustified identification of free will with the no-signaling constraint and of a purely formal and not physical use of such a constraint.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.5040

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