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The Reality in Bohmian Quantum Mechanics or Can You Kill with an Empty Wave Bullet?
L. Vaidman
Several situations, in which an empty wave causes an observable effect, are reviewed. They include an experiment showing ``surrealistic trajectories'' proposed by Englert et al. an…
Probability and the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Theory
Lev Vaidman
Two works related to the concept of probability in the framework of the many-worlds interpretation are presented. The first deals with recent controversy in classical probability t…
The Meaning of the Interaction-Free Measurements
Lev Vaidman
Interaction-free measurements introduced by Elitzur and Vaidman [Found. Phys. 23, 987 (1993)] allow finding infinitely fragile objects without destroying them. Many experiments hav…
Bell's Inequality: More Tests Are Needed
L. Vaidman
According to recent reports, the last loopholes in testing Bell's inequality are closed. It is argued that the really important task in this field has not been tackled yet and that…
Discussion: Byrne and Hall on Everett and Chalmers
L. Vaidman
Byrne and Hall (1999) criticized the argument of Chalmers (1996) in favor of the Everett-style interpretation. They claimed to show ``the deep and underappreciated flaw in ANY Ever…
The Meaning of Elements of Reality and Quantum Counterfactuals -- Reply to Kastner
L. Vaidman
This paper is the answer to the paper by Kastner [Found. Phys., to be published, quant-ph/9807037] in which she continued the criticism of the counterfactual usage of the Aharonov-…