Why "noncommuting common causes" don't explain anything

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In my commentary, I will argue that the conclusions drawn in the paper Noncommutative causality in algebraic quantum field theory by Gábor Hofer-Szaboó are incorrect. As proven by J.S. Bell, a local common causal explanation of correlations violating the Bell inequality is impossible.

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Dustin Lazarovici
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

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