point of view tenaciously opposed by Einstein[@Einstein] and championed by Bohr[@Bohr]. Bohr argued that it is impossible to make a sharp separation between the behavior of atomic objects and the interaction with the measuring apparatus which defines the conditions under which the physical system appears. Given two partial systems $A$ and $B$ forming a total system described by the state vector $\vert\psi\rangle$, then we can ask the question: can we ascribe mutually independent existence (reality) to the partial systems $A$ and $B$ viewed separately, [*even if the partial systems are spacelike separated from each other at a particular time*]{}? Can the system $B$ be directly influenced by measurements taken at $A$? The nonlocal Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen (EPR) paradox[@Einstein2] taken in the context of these questions forces us to relinquish one of the following two statements[@Einstein]:

1.  The state vector $\vert\psi\rangle$ provides a complete description of the system.

2.  The real states of spacelike separated systems are independent of each other.

If we choose to regard $\vert\psi\rangle$ as a statistical ensemble of systems, thereby relinquishing (1), and giving up on the orthodox interpretation of quantum theory as a complete description of nature, then we will not find any contradiction with 