Quantum Uncertainty and Nonlocality: Are they Correctly Understood?

TL;DR

This paper discusses common misunderstandings of quantum uncertainty and nonlocality, arguing that historical debates have been resolved and the perceived confusion is unwarranted.

Contribution

It clarifies misconceptions about quantum uncertainty and nonlocality, emphasizing that longstanding debates have been satisfactorily addressed by prior work.

Findings

Historical debates on quantum nonlocality are resolved.

Misunderstandings about quantum uncertainty are clarified.

The so-called 'murmur' of confusion is unwarranted.

Abstract

In a brief article [1], Seife refers to works by Einstein and Schroedinger and concludes that there is a relentless murmur of confusion underneath the chorus of praise for quantum theory. It is noteworthy that a "murmur" is not necessarily a cause for replacement of any scientific theory, and that the issues raised by Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen, and Schroedinger's responses to the EPR paper have been satisfactorily resolved by Gyftopoulos and von Spakovsky [2] in a manner that renders the relentless murmur mute and unwarranted.