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In a recent article (Found Sci (2020) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-020-09666-0) Marek Czachor claims that the Bell inequality cannot be proved because variables of complementary measurements cannot be added or multiplied. Even though he has correctly identified the problems existing with the orthodox interpretation of the Bell inequality and dealt with them in an original way, the interpretation he addresses do not pertain to the original formulation given by John Stewart Bell.
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In fact, we do not even know if such hidden variables exist, it is the result found in the experiment that falsifies their existence.
We do not know if De Baere would agree with this interpretation, but we do credit him for the idea and the terminology.
This manuscript contains two theorems proving the physical irrelevance of the counterfactual definiteness hypothesis.
Sometimes this view takes the form of a presumed hidden assumption made by Bell, for a discussion see Lambare (2017b).
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Lambare, J.P. Comment on “A Loophole of All “Loophole-Free” Bell-Type Theorems”. Found Sci 26, 917–924 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-020-09695-9
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