[mewzilla]

The finding does not violate the laws of quantum mechanics, the theory that physicists use to describe the behaviour of very small systems. Rather, it shows just how quantum mechanics can defy everyday expectation, says Nicolas Gisin, the researcher who led the study.

Okaaaaay....I so do not get the distinction.

“Our experiment just puts the finger where it hurts,” he says.

Where it hurts? Snort. Namely my brain, from trying to figger this out.

[RedStateRocker]

“if you are not confused and annoyed by quantum theory you do not understand it”
-Richard Feynman

[mewzilla]

The bottom line, says Gisin is that “there is just no time for these two photons to communicate”.

Ummm...aren't photons, like, inanimate objects?

Dang, Mr. Mew just gave up trying to explain this to me, and he's usually got the patience of Job.

Aaaaaargh.

[hunter112]

You and me, Mew! I still can’t wrap my brain around the concept that the speed of light is constant, and any circumstance where the speed of light appears to be faster or slower, than time is either slower or faster, respectively. Why can’t it be the other way around?

[LibWhacker]

You’re not alone, buddy, lol!

First they say that direct communication is impossible. Then they say that if it occurred it had to have taken place at least 100,000 times faster than light! Huh?

[fso301]

Where it hurts? Snort. Namely my brain, from trying to figger this out.

I think what they stopped short of saying is that the communication path between the two photons took place in a different dimension where the speed of light is far greater than our three or four dimensiona.