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Publications and source records attributed to Italo Vecchi.
We argue that the phenomena exhibited by bubbles forming around free electrons in liquid helium and examined by Maris in his controversial 2000 paper point to the experimental relevance of relational entanglement. An experiment to verify/disprove the relevant argument is suggested.
A conjecture about the quantum nature of classical probabilites is set forth and discussed.
We propose a simple experimental procedure based on the Elitzur-Vaidman scheme to test the persistence of macroscopic superpositions. We conjecture that its implementation will reveal the persistence of superpositions of macroscopic objects in the absence of a direct act of observation.
The properties of quantum entanglement are examined and the role of the observer is pointed out.
A response to criticism of the author's previous paper quant-ph/0002084.
The foundations of environment-induced decoherence theory are discussed and the role of unphysical assumptions is pointed out. An alternative interpretation of decoherence is proposed.
The role of implicit assumptions in current decoherence theory is pointed out and clarified.