The Ontic Probability Interpretation of Quantum Theory · Part II
Einstein’s Incompleteness/Nonlocality Dilemma
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Part II continues the EPR analysis through TOPI. It focuses on the relationship between incompleteness and nonlocality, arguing that assumptions embedded in EPR predetermine the conclusion that Quantum Theory is incomplete.
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After identifying in Part I a conceptual confusion, a Reality preconception, and a fallacious dichotomy, the famous EPR/EPRB argument for correlated “particles” is now studied in the light of the Ontic Probability Interpretation of Quantum Theory (QT/TOPI). Another Reality preconception is found, showing that EPR used and ignored QT predictions in a single paralogism. Employing the fallacious dichotomy and this second preconception, EPR unveiled a contradiction veiled in its premises. By removing nonlocality from QT’s Ontology by fiat, EPR preordained its incompleteness. The Petitio Principii fallacy was at work from the outset. Einstein surmised the proper solution to his incompleteness/nonlocality dilemma in 1949, but never abandoned his philosophical stance. It is concluded that there are no definitions of Reality: we have to accept that Reality may not conform to our prejudices and, if an otherwise successful theory predicts what we do not believe in, no gedankenexperiment will help because our biases may slither through. Only actual experiments could assist in solving Einstein’s dilemma, as has been proven in the last 50 years.
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