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To: djf

Seems to me this may implicate Bell’s Theorem (not theory) of non-locality.
What say you?


57 posted on 05/15/2013 4:18:33 PM PDT by BIV (typical white person)
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To: BIV

You are one of the very few people I have ever heard even discuss that issue.

I have studied Bell’s ideas a fair amount - much of the math is very daunting, on the level of say, Diracs writings.

But the non-locality inequality is really very simple. An educated 8th grader could understand it.

Historically, his theorem has been interpreted to be and idea that is about space, but not really about time.

Problem is, if there is non-locality in space, there is also non-locality in the time dimension(s)!

Non locality in the time dimension basically means you could wake up in the morning, open the door to get your newspaper, (assuming you still get one delivered!) and finding a perfectly healthy pterosaur on your porch.

It is, of course, extremely, extremely, extremely unlikely.

But it would not violate the laws of physics as they are understood today.


59 posted on 05/15/2013 4:35:14 PM PDT by djf (Rich widows: My Bitcoin address is... 1ETDmR4GDjwmc9rUEQnfB1gAnk6WLmd3n6)
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