Cultural Impact
David Kaiser of MIT mentioned in his book, How the Hippies Saved Physics, that the possibilities of instantaneous long-range communication derived from Bell's theorem stirred interest among hippies, psychics, and even the CIA. He further argues that a "Fundamental Fysiks Group" of hippie creed in fact rescued Bell's theorem from the obscurity, because it struck a chord in them tuned to the Buddhist teachings. As Kaiser quotes a member of the group: "Bell's theorem gives precise physical content to the mystic motto, 'we are all one' ".
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