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Subject: Re: Objective Uncertainty (was Re: The
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Date: 24 Sep 88 01:43:00 GMT
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L. Adrian Griffis writes:

> I think there was an article on the notition of Objective Uncertainty in
> Scientific American in the April or May issue (I know there was such an
> article, but I'm not sure about the date).  It looked to me like physics
> was close to driving the last nail into the coffin of the Hidden Variable
> theory.  Does anyone else out there remember it??

Yes, it was "The Reality of the Quantum World", Scientific American,
January 1988.  My understanding was that, unless someone is able to
poke a hole in the experiments, hidden variable's are dead.  PS: these
experiments are really neat, friends; this article is worth looking up.

Joe Korty
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