Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Observers of quantum systems cannot agree to disagree

  • Patricia Contreras-Tejada,
  • Giannicola Scarpa,
  • Aleksander M. Kubicki,
  • Adam Brandenburger,
  • Pierfrancesco La Mura

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27134-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Aumann’s agreement theorem states that observers of classical systems can’t “agree to disagree." Here, the authors show that the same epistemic consistency holds for observers of quantum states, but not for observers of post-quantum no-signalling boxes, hinting at its potential status as a physical principle.