Testing Superdeterministic Conspiracy
arXiv:1401.0286 · doi:10.1088/1742-6596/504/1/012018
Abstract
Tests of Bell's theorem rule out local hidden variables theories. But any theorem is only as good as the assumptions that go into it, and one of these assumptions is that the experimenter can freely chose the detector settings. Without this assumption, one enters the realm of superdeterministic hidden variables theories and can no longer use Bell's theorem as a criterion. One can like or not like such superdeterministic hidden variables theories and their inevitable nonlocality, the real question is how one can test them. Here, we propose a possible experiment that could reveal superdeterminism.
Prepared for the proceedings of the conference "Emergent Quantum Mechanics", Vienna, October 3-6, 2013