# Testing Quantum Nonlocality

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Bell inequalities distinguish quantum correlations from those allowed by local hidden-variable models. Aspect’s experiments used pairs of entangled photons and measured their polarization correlations at separated stations.

The observed violations supported quantum mechanics. They did not enable faster-than-light messaging; rather, they ruled out a broad intuitive picture in which particles carry complete local instructions determining every result.

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