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In this essay I try to explain in layman’s terms how quantum theory challenges our ability to give a plausible story of what is “really going on” at microscopic scales.
Much of this essay is based on my inaugural lecture “Quantum Theory: It’s Unreal”, which can be found on YouTube.
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Rudolph, T. (2017). Quantum Theory: It’s Unreal. In: Bertlmann, R., Zeilinger, A. (eds) Quantum [Un]Speakables II. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38987-5_8
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