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Can someone concretize the difference between a "hypothetical reality" where hidden variables are local and hidden variables are nonlocal in the following context:
Some physical event occurs involving particles A and B (which are/become entangled and will exhibit correlations) at time T and location X. Insofar as any hidden variables exist at this time, they let us assume they are local (whatever that means) as A and B are local to one another at X as must also be any attributes or properties thereof.
At another time or times TA and TB (same or different depending on the reference frame) each particle is respectively measured at locations XA and XB (for example at locations at distances in opposite directions).
Regardless of who is correct about reality, what does one mean when one claims "hidden variables are local" and consequently what would one mean when one says "No, hidden variables are not local, they are nonlocal"?
Some physical event occurs involving particles A and B (which are/become entangled and will exhibit correlations) at time T and location X. Insofar as any hidden variables exist at this time, they let us assume they are local (whatever that means) as A and B are local to one another at X as must also be any attributes or properties thereof.
At another time or times TA and TB (same or different depending on the reference frame) each particle is respectively measured at locations XA and XB (for example at locations at distances in opposite directions).
Regardless of who is correct about reality, what does one mean when one claims "hidden variables are local" and consequently what would one mean when one says "No, hidden variables are not local, they are nonlocal"?