Comment on "Why interference phenomena do not capture the essence of quantum theory"

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2204.01768v3
• Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 16:57:53 GMT
• Title: Comment on "Why interference phenomena do not capture the essence of quantum theory"
• Authors: Jonte R. Hance, Sabine Hossenfelder,
• Abstract summary: Catani et al argue that it is possible to reproduce the phenomenology of quantum interference classically. We here want to point out some problems with their argument.
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• Abstract: It was recently argued by Catani et al that it is possible to reproduce the phenomenology of quantum interference classically, by the double-slit experiment with a deterministic, local, and classical model (Quantum 7, 1119 (2023)). The stated aim of their argument is to falsify the claim made by Feynman (in his third book of Lectures on Physics) that quantum interference is ``impossible, absolutely impossible, to explain in any classical way'' and that it ``contains the only mystery'' of quantum mechanics. We here want to point out some problems with their argument.

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