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The PBR theorem, which implies that the Einsteinian realist view on quantum mechanics (QM) is inconsistent with predictions of the standard Copenhagen view on QM, has been hailed as one of the most important theorems in the foundations of QM. Here we show that the special measurement, used by Pusey et al. to derive the theorem, is nonexisting from the Einsteinian view on QM.
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Cabbolet, M.J.T.F. On the Nonreality of the PBR Theorem. Found Phys 53, 64 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-023-00704-y
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