Kupczynski's Contextual Locally Causal Probabilistic Models are constrained by Bell's theorem

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2208.09930v8
• Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2023 04:08:04 GMT
• Title: Kupczynski's Contextual Locally Causal Probabilistic Models are constrained by Bell's theorem
• Authors: Richard D. Gill and Justo Pastor Lambare
• Abstract summary: Kupczynski has argued that Bell's theorem can be circumvented if one takes correct account of contextual setting-dependent parameters describing measuring instruments. We show that this is not true. Even if one takes account of contextuality in the way he suggests, the Bell-CHSH inequality can still be derived.
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• Abstract: In a sequence of papers, Marian Kupczynski has argued that Bell's theorem can be circumvented if one takes correct account of contextual setting-dependent parameters describing measuring instruments. We show that this is not true. Despite first appearances, Kupczynksi's concept of a contextual locally causal probabilistic model is mathematically a special case of a Bell local hidden variables model. Thus, even if one takes account of contextuality in the way he suggests, the Bell-CHSH inequality can still be derived. Violation thereof by quantum mechanics cannot be easily explained away: quantum mechanics and local realism (including Kupczynski's claimed enlargement of the concept) are not compatible with one another. Further inspection shows that Kupczynski is actually falling back on the detection loophole. Since 2015, numerous loophole-free experiments have been performed, in which the Bell-CHSH inequality is violated, so despite any other possible imperfections of such experiments, Kupczynski's escape route for local realism is not available

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