Re: How William Shatner Changed the World

"Lee@DVDDebate" <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> spake thusly to the assembled
multitudes, agog with barely concealed anticipation:

You're right about it not being a molecule; it's an electron. Although
it's only linked to one other electron not every electron and it's
only really teleportation in an informational sense rather than what
you or I would associate the term with. One electron disappears and
another identical one appears somewhere else. It has nothing to do
with space being curved, although it still relies on classical (ie,
non quantum) physics in order to work.

IIRC, what was 'transported' was the spin of a photon. Basically, you take
two photons, A and B. Then you 'entangle' them by giving them the same
spin. Now, if you take photon A to another location and then you change the
spin of photon B, photon A will then exhibit the same characteristics. This
is a loooong way away from Trek-style transoprtation...

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