[js1138]

Everything I have read about quantum entanglement suggests it cannot be the basis of faster than light communication.

At the very least it requires you to physically transport the entangled particles to the receiving destination. That pretty much rules out using it to meet alien civilizations.

[Servant of the 9]

Everything I have read about quantum entanglement suggests it cannot be the basis of faster than light communication.
At the very least it requires you to physically transport the entangled particles to the receiving destination. That pretty much rules out using it to meet alien civilizations.

Perhaps not interstellar communications, but instantaneous communication across the diameter of an atom has profound implications for the ultimate speed of electronics devices of all types.

So9

[King Prout]

...and, to have radio communications with the civilized world when in the heart of an equatorial jungle, one must physically transport a radio to the remote location.

still beats humping back and forth with handwritten notes, no?

a total suppostition - what if there is a specific kind or range of entanglements which are simply easier or more durable or more useful than the others? what if there is what amounts to a "universal frequency" for entangled communication?

I cannot even begin to have serious thoughts on the matter, lacking anything close to even a beginner's knowledge on it, but it makes for pleasant fantasy.