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The Grammar of Teleportation
Christopher G. Timpson
abstract: Whilst a straightforward consequence of the formalism of non-relativistic
quantum mechanics, the phenomenon of quantum teleportation has given rise to
considerable puzzlement. In this paper, the teleportation protocol is reviewed
and these puzzles dispelled. It is suggested that they arise from two primary
sources: 1) the familiar error of hypostatizing an abstract noun (in this case,
`information') and 2) failure to differentiate interpretation dependent from
interpretation independent features of quantum mechanics. A subsidiary source
of error, the simulation fallacy, is also identified. The resolution presented
of the puzzles of teleportation illustrates the benefits of paying due
attention to the logical status of `information' as an abstract noun.
- oai_identifier:
- oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/0509048
- categories:
- quant-ph
- comments:
- 29 pages, 1 figure, LaTeX; to appear in The British Journal for the
Philosophy of Science
- arxiv_id:
- quant-ph/0509048
- journal_ref:
- British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 57:587-621 (2006)
- created:
- 2005-09-07
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