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To: Free ThinkerNY
"An invisible umbilical cord emerges connecting these two electrons. And you can separate them by as much as a galaxy if you want. Then, if you vibrate one of them, somehow on the other end of the galaxy the other electron knows that its partner is being jiggled."

This has been tested?

6 posted on 08/02/2010 4:54:18 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07
This has been tested?

It's a legit part of quantum mechanics, but hey, it's NPR doing the reporting, so they have to explain it in a way that excites dope-smoking hippies.

Here's a goofy J.Z. Knight-sponsored cartoon on the subject.

Here's your typical NPR listener trying to explain it.
17 posted on 08/02/2010 5:53:28 PM PDT by angryoldfatman
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To: jwalsh07

If you think your partner is being jiggled, you may have trust issues.


30 posted on 08/02/2010 8:37:45 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear (Does not play well with others)
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