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    It is not the case that Scientific realism requires that observable quantities have determinate values independent of which measurement procedure we happen to select.

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    • 1.Quantum mechanics empirically shows measurement outcomes depend on apparatus choice; this is not interpretation but established fact.
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    • 2.The claim conflates 'observer-independent reality' with 'measurement-independent properties'—incompatible at quantum scales.
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    • 3.Determinate values independent of all measurement procedures may be physically meaningless or unverifiable in principle.
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    • 1.Physics describes a mind-independent world; values cannot depend on human choices without making reality subjective.
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    • 2.Different measurement procedures yield consistent results, suggesting they reveal pre-existing properties rather than create them.
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    • 3.Denying determinate values leads to absurdity: no fact about whether electrons exist before measurement.
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