Einstein’s ‘spooky action at a distance’: 10,000 times faster than light
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Re: Einstein’s ‘spooky action at a distance’: 10,000 times faster than light
#2"If it turns out that we actually can communicate data via quantum entanglement, we now know that it’ll be much faster than the speed of light."
No, no, no, no, no. No. No. No. Quantum entanglement can not be used to communicate in that manner, on its own. This is well-established, and given the how mathematical the establishment is, it's not going to change anytime soon.
No. No. No. Stop that. No.
Re: Einstein’s ‘spooky action at a distance’: 10,000 times faster than light
#3"If it turns out that we actually can communicate data via quantum entanglement, we now know that it’ll be much faster than the speed of light." No, no, no, no, no. No. No. No. Quantum entanglement can not be used to communicate in that manner, on its own. This is well-established, and given the how mathematical the establishment is, it's not going to change anytime soon. No. No. No. Stop that. No.
Too bad - it could have saved a few telecommuters at Yahoo!.
Re: Einstein’s ‘spooky action at a distance’: 10,000 times faster than light
#4"If it turns out that we actually can communicate data via quantum entanglement, we now know that it’ll be much faster than the speed of light." No, no, no, no, no. No. No. No. Quantum entanglement can not be used to communicate in that manner, on its own. This is well-established, and given the how mathematical the establishment is, it's not going to change anytime soon. No. No. No. Stop that. No.
Earlier on, the article says:
"As of our current understanding of quantum mechanics, though, it is impossible to send data using quantum entanglement, preserving the theory of relativity. A lot of work is being done in this area, though, and some physicists believe that faster-than-light communication might be possible with some clever manipulation of entangled particles."
Shame it's so vague about those some physicists!
Re: Einstein’s ‘spooky action at a distance’: 10,000 times faster than light
#5Maybe I'm mistaken, but I thought Einstein coined 'spooky action' sarcastically, to try and point out that it was absurd and violated his theories. I guess there aren't any better, sexy physicist names to put in the headline to attract clicks.
Re: Einstein’s ‘spooky action at a distance’: 10,000 times faster than light
#6"If it turns out that we actually can communicate data via quantum entanglement, we now know that it’ll be much faster than the speed of light." No, no, no, no, no. No. No. No. Quantum entanglement can not be used to communicate in that manner, on its own. This is well-established, and given the how mathematical the establishment is, it's not going to change anytime soon. No. No. No. Stop that. No.
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Re: Einstein’s ‘spooky action at a distance’: 10,000 times faster than light
#7The speed of light ought to be enough for anyone.
Re: Einstein’s ‘spooky action at a distance’: 10,000 times faster than light
#8It's even better in German: "spukhafte Fernwirkung"
Re: Einstein’s ‘spooky action at a distance’: 10,000 times faster than light
#9The speed of light ought to be enough for anyone.
Well, actually it poses a lot of problems. Communications that have back-and-forth transfers can be very slow.
For instance, if I wanted to do a distributed computation with a server on the other side of the world, it would be limited by the speed of light. From where I am to Australia is about 48 ms. So if I want to communicate there and receive a reply, that's about 1/10 of a second right there. I can only do that 10 times a second then. Not so good.
Not to mention the Mars mission has to wait anywhere from 8-19 minutes to get data between earth and the rover.
We could certainly use > c if it was possible.
Re: Einstein’s ‘spooky action at a distance’: 10,000 times faster than light
#10The speed of light ought to be enough for anyone.
On Earth, it's fine. Communicating with elements outside of Earth, the speed of light is way too slow. Talking with Mars is anywhere from 3 minutes to a 22 minute delay[1]. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to control a rover or talk with Mars settlers in real time?
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization_of_Mars#Communicat...