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This paper is devoted to a detailed analysis of probabilistic assumptions in the theorems of J. von Neumann and J. Bell. We show that without a rigorous formalization of the probabilistic content of Bell’s arguments one cannot forcefully derive the fundamental dilemma that we are often being offered, that is, either nonlocality or the death of reality.
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Khrennikov, A. Analysis of explicit and implicit assumptions in the theorems of J. Von Neumann and J. Bell. J Russ Laser Res 28, 244–254 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10946-007-0013-8
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