In reply to Robin van Spaandonk's message of Monday, June 07, 2010 6:29 PM
I think the whole notion of quantum entanglement is nonsense. When two
*correlated* particles are produced, they are like mirror images of one
another.
That means that the subsequent response of one is *correlated* to the
response
of the other (not caused by it).
Take as an example a box containing pairs of red and blue balls. If one
ball of
ny given pair in New York is red, then it's no surprise that the other
ball of
the pair in LA is blue, and it didn't suddenly become blue when someone
first
saw that the other ball was red. It was already blue from the start. The
separation distance is irrelevant.
Hi
I read some articles post your reply and found the Wikipedia
description very much in keeping with your description above. My only quibble
being the states are in constant flux which is why researchers are using them
for crypto keys. I was misled by a blog article regarding instantaneous
communication - apparently only the crypto key is instantaneous while
information must be sent via a conventional channel which they term
"teleportation".
Regards
Fran
