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Consider the following questions. First: Are the microscopic entities (molecules, atoms, and elementary particles) just figments of our imagination, or do they exist independently in objective reality? Second: Is matter understandable to man and, in particular, does it make any sense to describe it in space and time? Third: Do physical phenomena happen by pure chance, almost miraculously, or are they caused?
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Selleri, F. (1990). Quantum Theorists and the Physical World. In: van der Merwe, A. (eds) Quantum Paradoxes and Physical Reality. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 35. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1862-7_1
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