Posted on 03/31/2016 7:58:33 PM PDT by MtnClimber
What they mean is (certain) quantum entities, once they've interacted at the sub-atomic level, somehow, and very mysteriously, remain connected (instantaneously!), no matter how far apart they may later end up, apparently in order to maintain Heisenberg's quantum uncertainty.
Interesting, eh? I once asked the following question to Roger Penrose, mentor of physicist Stephen Hawking, at a Columbia University lecture:
"If the entire universe was once contained within the pre-big bang singularity, might it be in some sort of instantaneous connection today?"
That is, all parts of the universe acting as a single, instantaneously connected entity.
He didn't quite have an answer (surprise surprise) but he clearly loved the question and went on a bit to explain the "spooky action at a distance" phenomenon to the audience.
You should have addressed your question to Plato.
I'll bet he would have had a snappy, one-word response.
"Aether."
The more I learn from real science, the more I am convinced life didn’t “just happen.”
I know. I feel the same way.
No thanks. I never eat or drink from things with more hair than I have.
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