Revisiting the CHSH Inequality: New Insights on Quantum Mechanics

A recent paper titled "An inconsistency in the CHSH inequality" by Andrea Aiello discusses significant findings regarding the CHSH inequality, a fundamental concept in quantum mechanics. Traditionally, the violation of this inequality has been interpreted as evidence against local realistic hidden variable theories, suggesting a conflict between quantum mechanics and classical intuitions about reality.

In this paper, Aiello argues that the mathematical assumptions underlying the proof of the CHSH inequality are incompatible with the physics of the experiments designed to test it. This raises questions about the validity of dismissing local realistic hidden variable theories based solely on current experimental data.

The author notes that while an experimental proof of the CHSH inequality is theoretically possible, practical implementation remains uncertain. This finding could have implications for how physicists interpret results from quantum experiments and may influence future research directions in quantum theory and its philosophical implications.

The paper is available for further reading on arXiv under the identifier arXiv:2409.01275.