Who throws the dice for you?

[Heywood]

Jesus tits Heywood, where do I begin, oh yeah....you're full of shit!

Let's recap: You cite Bell's Theorem and supporting experiments to conclude that there are no local hidden variables. MOTO (master of the obvious), this is a well accepted position in QM land. Next you go back to the EPR paradox to then state that if there are no local hidden variables then we get Einstein's "spooky action at a distance". Again, I'm with you; there are no surprises here.

This is where you come off the rails. We understand superposition and we know what entanglement is; however, nobody understands what the mechanism is.....nobody!!!! But wait, our savior is here. Without any evidence you come swooping in (insert triumphant horn blasts) to tell us God makes it happen. Textbook argument from ignorance. Whether you admit it or not is irrelevant.

I did find it highly amusing that you used Bob and Alice for your murder mystery. For those that don't know, Bob and Alice are the ubiquitous actors in quantum mechanics thought experiments. I'll submit this as evidence that you are scouring QM internet sites/discussions hoping to find a job for your unemployed God.

So, while real quantum physicists are designing experiments to use photons from distant quasars to eliminate that last logical loophole in Bell's Theorem type experiments you are claiming God. Care to bet on who gets published? Let me guess, you'll answer 'NEGATIVE' and complain that there is a conspiracy/persecution that prevents your hypothesis from being taken seriously.

Cato,

I positively love the way you write...but on to the discussion. You have a hypothesis. You hypothesize that I have been scouring QM internet sites/discussions. You then go on to claim that my use of Alice and Bob suggests that your hypothesis is true. You are not making an argument from ignorance.

There is a hypothesis that God exists. I claim that the fact we know quantum randomness cannot be explained by hidden local physical variables suggests that the God hypothesis is true. I am not making an argument from ignorance.

An argument of ignorance requires one to conclude something is true on the basis that it hasn't been proven false. Neither you or I make that fallacy.

Last, I am not looking to get published. If I was, I would just write a book and have it published.