On Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 1:54 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote:
*> Why do you characterize the explanation of the possible insufficiency of > our concept of space, a NON-local hidden variable?* *Because if an event occurred 4 light years away and happened LESS than 4 years ago and yet it still affected you then that affect was non-local, because that's what "non-local" means. Is such an affect possible, does Quantum Mechanics permit it? Nobody knows, but if I were betting I would bet not. * * John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* qmc > > > *> Two observers can't send information to each other because neither > knows what will come up in a coin flip if the outcome is modeled quantum > mechanically, that is irreducibly random , but each element of a pair of > entangled particles can send information to its partner** [faster than > light] * > > > *Maybe. If somebody can prove that is true then we will know that Quantum > Mechanics is non-local, and the violation of Bell's Inequality does not > rule out non-local hidden variables, it only rules out local hidden > variables. * > > > My opinion, FWIW, is that we have a major flaw or insufficiency in our > concept of space, noting that for photons, all distances shrink to zero. AG > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv3Fp8bB8gX60jxk_c1Sx0uggyCiLP8rwrz0yEP5ivV%3DuQ%40mail.gmail.com.
