Quantum mechanics allows undetectable inconsistencies in witnessed events

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that quantum mechanics permits undetectable inconsistencies in observed events because it does not constrain measurement bases, allowing experimenters to witness incoherent stories without detection.

Contribution

It reveals that quantum mechanics cannot determine measurement bases, enabling undetectable inconsistencies in witnessed events, which challenges assumptions about measurement transparency.

Findings

Quantum mechanics does not constrain measurement bases.

Experimenters cannot determine each other's measurement choices.

Undetectable incoherent stories can occur in quantum observations.

Abstract

Quantum mechanics, devoid of any additional assumption, does not give any theoretical constraint on the projection basis to be used for the measurement process. It is shown in this paper that it does neither allow any physical means for an experimenter to determine which measurement bases have been used by another experimenter. As a consequence, quantum mechanics allows a situation in which two experimenters witness incoherent stories without being able to detect such incoherence, even if they are allowed to communicate freely by exchanging iterative and bilateral messages.