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Quotes from Against 'measurement — John Stewart Bell

1928–1990 Northern Ireland

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On this list of bad words from good books, the worst of all is 'measurement'.

Against 'measurement (1990)

Einstein said that it is theory which decides what is 'observable'.

Against 'measurement (1990)

Would that not be very, very interesting?

Against 'measurement (1990)

The idea that elimination of coherence, in one way or another, implies the replacement of 'and' by 'or', is a very common one among solvers of the 'measurement problem'. It has always puzzled me.

Against 'measurement (1990)

The orthodox approaches, whether the authors think they have made derivations or assumptions, are just fine FAPP — when used with the good taste and discretion picked up from exposure to good examples.

Against 'measurement (1990)

ORDINARY QUANTUM MECHANICS (as far as I know) IS JUST FINE FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES.

Against 'measurement (1990)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Stewart Bell (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.