Are the Laws of Physics Weird?

"How can we explain the confusion that has reigned for more than nine decades?

There were mistakes done at different levels:

1. A misinterpretation of Bell’s theorem in which the original intent did not include non-locality, but as a test to see whether or not a particle has a certain property that can be measured.

2. A misinterpretation of the disagreement between Einstein and Bohr. Einstein’s objection to the collapse of the wave function implied a spooky action at a distance, and Bohr should have listened to that. 

3. A misinterpretation that the wave function represents a real wave when in actuality it represents the possible states of a quantum system before a measurement.

4. When Bell’s theorem was violated by a quantum system, those violations were misinterpreted as evidence of an instantaneous collapse of the wave function and non-locality.

Those who were carrying the torch for Einstein thought that Bell’s theorem confirmed non-locality (which Bell’s theorem doesn’t really say anything about non-locality nor hidden parameters) because that also confirmed that Einstein was right (a wave function collapse implied a spooky action at a distance, but the wave function isn’t a real wave to begin with) leading to the idea that an instantaneous collapse (nothing can travel faster than the speed of light) makes the universe weird."