"Starting then with the assumption that the wave function does give a complete description of reality, we arrive to the conclusion that two physical quantities, with noncommuting operators, can have simultaneous reality. Thus the negation of (1) leads to the negation of the only other alternative (2). We are thus forced to conclude that the quantum-mechanical description of physical reality given by wave functions is not complete."
EPR paradox

January 1, 1970

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