Quantum Theory Without Observers
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The concept of`measurement' becomes so fuzzy on reeection that it is quite surprising to have it appearing in physical theory at the most fundamental level.. .. D]oes not any analysis of measurement require concepts more fundamental than measurement? And should not the fundamental theory be about these more fundamental concepts? (Bell 1981 1, page 117])
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