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by dllthomas 4976 days ago
> [...] which is a fancy way of saying that there's a hidden variable.

I'd say it's a less fancy (and more specific) way of saying "hidden variable." I read the parent as saying, "I don't understand why there can't be a hidden variable" which is quite a different thing than saying "this can work without a hidden variable: [thing involving hidden variable]".