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Bohr was inconsistent, unclear, willfully obscure and right. Einstein was consistent, clear, down-to-earth and wrong.

— John Stewart Bell

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Theoretical physicists live in a classical world, looking out into a quantum-mechanical world. The latter we describe only subjectively, in terms of procedures and results in our classical domain.

Introduction to the hidden-variable question (1971)

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

Against 'measurement (1990)

I am a Quantum Engineer, but on Sundays I Have Principles.

Information? Whose information? Information about what?

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

Against 'measurement (1990)

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