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Quantum paradox points to shaky foundations of reality – Science Magazine
Test of Wigner’s paradox suggests facts are relative
Not just philosophical mumbo-jumbo: An experiment shows how facts may depend on the observer.
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By George MusserAug. 17, 2020 , 11:20 AM
Nearly 60 years ago, the Nobel prizewinning physicist Eugene Wigner captured one of the many oddities of quantum mechanics in a thought experiment. He imagined a friend of his, sealed in a lab, measuring a particle such as an atom while Wigner stood outside. Quantum mechanics famously allows particles to occupy many locations at onc…
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