Quantum Entanglement & Non-locality
In quantum theory, certain physical systems can become “entangled,” meaning that their states are directly related to the state of another object somewhere else. For example if 2 electrons were made together, 1 with spin up and another with spin down, you know you have one of each, but not which is which – until you look.
When one object is measured, and the Schroedinger wavefunction collapses into a single state, the other object collapses into its corresponding state … no matter how far away the objects are (i.e. nonlocality).
Einstein, who called this quantum entanglement “spooky action at a distance,” illuminated this concept with his EPR Paradox. He hated it, but physicists still hold strong to the theory today. May be a bad idea that is wasting our time, maybe not.
Interesting, in the description he says “Most entanglement videos discuss the concept just using Bell States, which were first discussed by Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen, in their paper on the EPR Paradox. These states are special cases that allow us to understand what an entangled quantum state is most easily, but they aren’t the general case. I wanted to discuss the general case here, and what it specifically means to have an entangled state.”
Bell Test debunked – they are not entangled – its not that seeing one glove makes the other’s wave function collapse, just that if this one is a right hand glove, then the other is known to be a left hand glove – no spooky action, no magic, get over it.
child’s play…