Do macroscopic properties dictate microscopic probabilities?

Abstract

Aharonov and Reznik have recently (in quant-ph/0110093) argued that the form of the probabilistic predictions of quantum theory can be seen to follow from properties of macroscopic systems. An error in their argument is identified.

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