http://www.metafilter.com/tags/entangled Posts tagged with 'entangled' at MetaFilter. Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:00:05 -0800 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:00:05 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/74374/Speedy%2DEntangled%2DPhotons Whether Einstein's <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v454/n7206/abs/nature07121.html">"spooky science"</a> or <a href="http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=quantum-weirdnes-wins-again-entangl-2008-08-13">quantum weirdness</a>, the Geneva tests that show <a href="http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=08082312">entangled photons traveling at 10,000 times the speed of light </a> are stirring up <a href="http://www.physorg.com/news137937526.html"> challenges </a> and <a href="http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/813/3">"Alice in Wonderland"</a> discussions about "subatomic particles communicating nearly instantaneously at a distance." ... and much <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080813/full/news.2008.1038.html">discussion</a> and <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080813-bohms-bummed-wave-theory-needs-10000x-light-speed-to-work.html">rejection ("Bohm's Bummed"!)</a> of the experiments <a href="http://www.physicsforums.com/archive/index.php/t-249970.html">ensues</a> ... along with speculation that these tests are proof of <a href="http://www.khouse.org/articles/2000/265/">metaphysical theories</a> or even <a href="http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2003/021203/Teleportation_goes_the_distance_021203.html"> teleportation </a>. <small> Could it be love? .... "Entangled photons are a peculiar consequence of quantum mechanics. Tricky to generate, they remain interconnected even when separated by large distances. Merely observing one instantaneously affects the properties of the other." </small> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.74374 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:00:05 -0800 bohms entangled love photons physics teleporting Surfurrus