Time and Non-Locality: Resolving Bell’s Theorem

Stephen H. Jarvis

Published Jan 1, 2020• 4 citations

Abstract

This paper presents a new basis for the analysis of Einstein’s spacetime by presenting the idea of “time-points” in space consistent with “c” being a paradigm where time does not pass, and thus a potential sea of time-points in space, accounting for the idea of hidden “non-local” particles as time-points in space that interact to form mass, thus resolving Bell’s Theorem.

DOI: 10.13140/rg.2.2.12651.98086/1

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