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Einstein, Podolsky, Rosen, and Shannon

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The Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox (1935) is reexamined in the light of Shannon’s information theory (1984). The EPR argument did not take into account that the observer’s information was localized, like any other physical object.

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Dedicated to the memory of James T. Cushing

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Peres, A. Einstein, Podolsky, Rosen, and Shannon. Found Phys 35, 511–514 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-004-1986-6

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