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Comment Re:Sounds neat, but I'm confused... (Score 1) 220

No, read this excellent site for info on why the hidden variable theory (both things sprayed red) does not (as far as our knowledge currently indicates) hold water.

http://www.ipod.org.uk/reality/reality_entangled.asp

Quote: " Einstein believed the correct way out of this paradox was to assume that Bob's photon (and all particles) possessed some sort of fixed properties which were hidden from our view (generally referred-to as hidden variables). No faster-than-light communication is then required: the particle properties were set when the particles were created. Crucially, though, this would mean the particles possessing more information than quantum theory said they should have. If particles had these hidden variables then quantum theory was wrong."

Comment Re:Mod patent up. (Score 1) 220

That is so wrong... you cannot transfer information at above the speed of light. You can demonstrate that a measurement at one end instantly affects the other end, but there is NO WAY of using that fact to actually transfer information. i.e. You have to have knowledge of the results of the measurement at both ends to make the inference that entanglement exists. That knowledge can only travel at the speed of light.

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