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The simplicity of Bell's proof opens it to everyone, not just physicists and mathematicians.

— Nick Herbert

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Strictly speaking, there are no "measurements" in the world, only correlations.

No local reality can explain the type of world we live in.

The gist of Bell's theorem is this: no local model of reality can explain the results of a particular experiment.

Most everywhere, most of the time, the world dwells in an unmeasured state.

The quantum world is objective but objectless.

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