quantum nonlocality
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Definition
Quantum nonlocality concerns the nonclassical correlations of a joint quantum system whose outcomes cannot be reproduced by the locally preassigned values described in the manuscript. Entangled subsystems are not independent classical objects merely exchanging a hidden signal. Their correlations nevertheless do not provide controllable faster-than-light or backward communication; the transactional explanation adopted by the books is distinct from the experimental correlations it interprets.
Explanation
RB1 introduces an entangled spin pair through correlated measurements and then corrects its communication metaphor: no signal passes at the moment of measurement. The linked note identifies Bell and experimental sources. This local editorial assessment preserves the source report rather than newly certifying those experiments or treating the strongest introductory rhetoric as an assumption-free theorem about every possible ontology.
In RTI the joint transaction belongs to a pre-spacetime possibility structure, while actual transfer respects the spacetime light limit. That account is an interpretation of the correlations, not an additional observation proving RTI over empirical rivals. RB2 uses entanglement for a relation-first philosophical argument while retaining the distinction between the pair and imagined independent parts.
RB3 explicitly separates correlation from unconstrained transmission and notes propagation limits in many-body systems. Its technical examples require prepared states, material control and protection against disturbance. Nonlocal relation therefore does not authorize instantaneous communication, unlimited efficacy or a universal mechanism shared by every ecological or cultural interdependence.
Scope and attribution
Preserve the no-signaling qualification and avoid importing a universal nonlocal mechanism.
AB — The Actual Book
Source-verified occurrence; see the printed-page references below.
Occurrence locators: 25, 26.
PB — The Possible Book
Source-verified occurrence; see the printed-page references below.
Occurrence locators: 100, 153, 154, 160, 173, 174.
RB1 — The Real Book, Volume I: The Possible Is Real
Joint-state correlations are distinguished from a hidden message and from the RTI explanation.
Occurrence locators: 46, 47, 48, 64, 65, 67, 78, 87, 88, 90, 102.
RB2 — The Real Book, Volume II: Becoming Is Being
The entangled pair supports an attributed relation-first argument.
Occurrence locators: 203.
RB3 — The Real Book, Volume III: Murmurations
Correlation does not license unconstrained transmission or eliminate material propagation bounds.
Occurrence locators: 56, 57, 58, 59, 103.
Background used in the editorial explanation
Named theories and mechanisms are distinguished from neighboring background, homonyms and the author’s own synthesis. Reproduced AI passages retain their separate voice.