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> For QM it can be shown that there are no hidden variables, at least no local ones

If we assume that the experimenter has free will in choosing the measurement settings, so that the hidden variables are not correlated with the measurement settings, then it can be shown.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell%27s_theorem#Superdetermin...

But it we are less strict on the requirement of the free will assumption, then even local hidden variables are back on the menu.



That's true, but "less strict" is understating the case pretty seriously. It's not enough for experimental physicists to lack free will. To rescue local hidden variables, nothing in the universe can have free will, not even God. That's a bridge too far for most people. (It's a bridge too far for me, and I'm an atheist! :-)

Note also that superdeterminism is unfalsifiable. Since we are finite beings living in a finite universe, we can only ever have access to a finite amount of data and so we can never experimentally rule out the possibility that all experimental results are being computed by some Cosmic Turing Machine churning out digits of pi (assuming pi is normal). But we also can't rule out the possibility that the moon landings were faked or that the 2020 election was stolen by Joe Biden. You gotta draw a line somewhere.

BTW, you might enjoy this: https://blog.rongarret.info/2018/01/a-multilogue-on-free-wil...


> Note also that superdeterminism is unfalsifiable.

I think the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics is also unfalsifiable. The annoying thing about quantum mechanics is that any one of the interpretations of quantum mechanics has deep philosophical problems. But you can't choose a better one because all of them have deep problems.


> many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics is also unfalsifiable

Yes, that's true.

> all of them have deep problems

Some are deeper than others.




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