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To: King Prout

Doesn't work that way. You can't send information faster than light.


25 posted on 12/04/2005 9:04:08 AM PST by js1138 (Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
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To: js1138

are you sure?
last I checked - the US/German experiment - the implication was instantaneous mirroring of changes irrespective of distance.


27 posted on 12/04/2005 9:07:12 AM PST by King Prout (many accuse me of being overly literal... this would not be a problem if many were not under-precise)
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To: js1138
Doesn't work that way. You can't send information faster than light.

Not in classical or relativistic physics you can't, but there are some questions in quantum physics.
Electrons do not move from one orbit to another of an atom, but disapear one place and appear instantaneously in another orbit. There are a nuumber of other quantum transitions that take place without passage of time.
Is information moved? That is the difficult quible.

So9

31 posted on 12/04/2005 9:27:37 AM PST by Servant of the 9 (Trust Me)
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To: js1138
"Doesn't work that way. You can't send information faster than light"

Ah, but this is where things get interesting... I'm no Quantum Physics expert, but if my reading on this topic is anywhere close to home... the reply is something like... "perhaps you can"

93 posted on 12/04/2005 12:09:29 PM PST by Lloyd227 (and may God bless Oriana Fallaci)
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To: js1138
Doesn't work that way. You can't send information faster than light.

Not according to current theory, at any rate. However, the propagation rate of entaglement...if there is one...is a question ripe for at least one doctoral dissertation and probably several in the not-so-distant future.

131 posted on 12/04/2005 7:12:16 PM PST by Oberon (As a matter of fact I DO want fries with that.)
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To: js1138

"Doesn't work that way. You can't send information faster than light."

I believe the jury is still out on that one.


159 posted on 12/28/2005 8:36:08 PM PST by FastCoyote
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