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arrow-up1237arrow-down1external-linkLight-Speed Spaceships Would Have Trouble Phoning Homewww.iflscience.comkalkulat@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 months agomessage-square138fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJamie@jamie.moelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months agoThey’re probably referring to quantum entanglement, which affects the entangled particles instantly.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoIt isn’t usable as a method of communication by any means we’re aware of.
minus-squareanotherandrew@lemmy.mixdown.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoSomething I’ve not been asked to get through my head about QE: If observing the entangled particle destroys the entanglement, doesn’t that mean we’d need “containers” of entangled particles to send a bunch of information?
minus-square∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoYou can’t send information with entangled particles. You just learn the state of the other particle by inference when you observe the first particle.
They’re probably referring to quantum entanglement, which affects the entangled particles instantly.
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It isn’t usable as a method of communication by any means we’re aware of.
Something I’ve not been asked to get through my head about QE: If observing the entangled particle destroys the entanglement, doesn’t that mean we’d need “containers” of entangled particles to send a bunch of information?
You can’t send information with entangled particles. You just learn the state of the other particle by inference when you observe the first particle.