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Quantum [Un]Speakables II

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My title is from an article by John Bell [1], in which he argues that terms like measurement or information have no place in the formulation of fundamental theories of physics.

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The research for this paper was supported in part by a University of Maryland Research and Scholarship (RASA) award during the academic year 2014–2014.

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Bub, J. (2017). Whose Information? Information About What? . In: Bertlmann, R., Zeilinger, A. (eds) Quantum [Un]Speakables II. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38987-5_7

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