violations of local realism

Violations of local realism refer to experimental observations or phenomena that contradict the principles of both locality and realism. Locality entails that objects can only influence each other if they are in direct physical contact or within each other's light cone, while realism assumes that physical properties exist prior to and independent of measurement. Violations of local realism challenge these assumptions by manifesting non-local correlations between distant objects, suggesting the presence of hidden variables or the need for a different understanding of the fundamental nature of reality.

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