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We show that quantum mechanics cannot describe separated physical systems and that this incapacity is at the origin of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR)paradox. We refer to a more general theory where separated systems can be described. We analyse again the EPR problem and the EPR experiments in the light of this result. We give an example of a macroscopic physical system that violates Bell inequalities and show that this system is a good analogy to the two particles in the singlet spin state used for the EPR experiments.
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Aerts, D. (1985). The Physical Origin of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox. In: Tarozzi, G., van der Merwe, A. (eds) Open Questions in Quantum Physics. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5245-4_3
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