What is another term for a "hidden-variable" theory?
Quantum determinism
Local realism
Quantum nonlocality
Quantum randomness
Answer
**Local realism**, the notion that the properties of a physical system are locally determined and independent of remote measurements, presents an alternative to quantum mechanics. Unlike quantum theory, local realism assumes that the outcomes of measurements on one particle do not instantaneously affect the properties of a distant entangled particle.
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