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We present arguments against the existence of the EPR state using only elementary fundamental properties of quantum mechanics. The popular arguments in favor of the EPR, such as the example given by Einstein et al, the superposition principle, and the conservation of angular momentum are discussed and found not compelling. With particular emphasis we argue that an action at a distance which would justify the EPR must be a message violating special relativity.
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Piccioni, O., Mehlhop, W., Wright, B. (1990). The Einstein Podolsky Rosen paradox: might nature be more imaginative than us?. In: Zichichi, A. (eds) The Superworld II. The Subnuclear Series, vol 25. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7467-1_14
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