"According to my attempts to understand them, reality is systematically denied in the Copenhagen interpretation in order to circumvent consistency problems (such as “Is the electron really a wave or a particle?”). If there is no reality, one does not need a consistent description!"
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referring to his attempts to understand Copenhagen interpretation proponents Nonlocality versus nonreality, FQXi (Foundational Questions in Physics & Cosmology) Blog (2008)
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