  In a paper published in the journal Physics Essays in 2021, the author D.L.
Mamas writes "A polarized photon interacts with a polarizer through the
component of the photon's electric field which is aligned with the polarizer.
This component varies as the cosine of the angle through which the polarizer is
rotated, explaining the cosine observed in Bell test data. Quantum mechanics is
unnecessary and plays no role". Mamas is right that according to this physical
model, one will observe a negative cosine. However, the amplitude of the cosine
curve is 50%, not 100%, and it consequently does not violate any Bell-CHSH
inequality. Mamas' physical model is a classic local hidden variables model.
The result is illustrated with a Monte Carlo simulation.
