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Measurement induced transitions, incompatible properties, radical event indeterminateness, and yet well defined probabilistic behavior at all levels; the quantum world looks at first sight very mysterious indeed. I shall suggest, however, that a good proportion of the quantum mystery is man-made, brought on by a host of discredited expectations about science and the world.
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Cordero, A. (1988). Probability and the Mystery of Quantum Mechanics. In: Agazzi, E. (eds) Probability in the Sciences. Synthese Library, vol 201. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3061-2_16
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