If one resolves the measurement problem by postulating additional variables beside the wave function, it is the dynamics of these variables which man… - Tim Maudlin

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If one resolves the measurement problem by postulating additional variables beside the wave function, it is the dynamics of these variables which manifests the non-locality and which resists a fully Relativistic formulation.

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Tim William Eric Maudlin (born April 23, 1958) is an American philosopher of science who has done influential work on the metaphysical foundations of physics and logic.

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