Re: Understanding Quantum Entanglement

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 20:48:24 -0700, Erik Max Francis <max@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

:Dave Jarvis wrote:
:
:> Could use a few comments on my site. It's basically a few pages
:> describing how to create an entangled system. Absolutely no math is
:> allowed anywhere. I'm trying to make it readable for the average Joe,
:> yet accurate enough to satisfy the average theoretical physicist. All
:> your comments are appreciated.
:>
:> Oh, there's a song called the Quantum Entanglement Tango on page six
:> that is downright hilarious. =)
:>
:> http://www.joot.com/dave/writings/articles/entanglement/
:
:Entanglement is fairly easy to visualize conceptually with two cards,
:say the ace of spades and the king of hearts. Take the two cards,
:shuffle them face down, and then separate them. One is the ace, one is
:the king, but you don't know which one is which until you look. When
:you look at one, you immediately know which card the other one is, and
:it doesn't matter how far you separate the two.

Except, of course, with entanglement, both
cards are simultaneously the ace and the king until
you look at one of them, at which point one becomes
the ace and the other the king. So if you leave on
card at home and take the other card to work, if
someone at home looks at that card, your card
immediately resolves. Of course, you can't tell it's
resolved without looking at it, and there's no way to
control *how* it resolves...
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