Essay Abstract
We propose that just as Bell's theorem made possible experimental tests of the Einstein Rosen Podolsky arguments as improved by Bohm, in the future decisive experimental tests will become possible for many of the currently contentious issues at the foundations of quantum mechanics. We predict that some of these experimental resolutions of previously metaphysical questions may come soon, partly as a byproduct of efforts to produce quantum computers, in particular one-way measurement-based computers, and partly as a result of directed efforts such as the attempts to produce ever larger macroscopic Schrodinger cats.
Author Bio
Jim Graber got an undergraduate degree in mathematics approximately fifty years ago and has been working with computers ever since. He has occasionally used computers to build models and study amenable physics problems. He currently reads the abstracts for GR-QC, HEP-EX, QUANT-PH and ASTRO-PH daily and typically skims about four physics papers each day.