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"The logical error consisted in assuming that to get from a to c the system had to go through a condition such that B had to have some definite value b."

R. P. Feynman. (1948). "Space-Time Approach to Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics" Reviews of Modern Physics 20(2).

Abstract:

The physical and methodological issues underlying Jacques Benveniste's experiments on high dilutions are considered. The inadequacies of the standard theoretical objections are investigated and a simple theoretical model based on recent ideas from quantum computing is proposed.

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In 1988, a research group led by Jacques Benveniste ...

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