On 08/04/2016 03:32 PM, Sci Fith wrote: > Quantum entanglement is real. Sounds like you have some reading to do. ;) > basically once particles are associated they can communicate / stay in sync > regardless of distance. Amazing stuff.
See <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10269297> :) >> On Aug 4, 2016, at 4:33 PM, juan <juan....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Thu, 4 Aug 2016 16:49:12 +0000 (UTC) >> jim bell <jdb10...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Apparently, that is true. The tantalizing thing is that SOMETHING >>> APPEARS (information, of some nature) to be transferred between one >>> particle and another, distant one, and yet there seems to be no way >>> to use that transfer to actually transmit useful FTL >> >> Which sounds rather absurd no? Either this is ordinary EM >> phenomena that propagate at the so called speed of light, or >> it is something else which could propagate at 'faster than >> light' speed. >> >> If 'something' is moving at faster than light speed, then some >> information must be being transmitted. If no information is >> being transmitted, then by definition, there's no way to measure >> speed and the claim makes no sense. >> >> >> >>> (faster than >>> light) information. Jim Bell >>> >>> From: Bastiani Fortress <bastianifortr...@yandex.com> >>> Quantum entanglement does not provide information passing faster than >>> light, afaik. Either i misunderstood the news, or it's being falsely >>> advertised. >>> >>> 5:43 AM, August 4, 2016, jim bell <jdb10...@yahoo.com>: >>> >>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3720772/China-launch-unbreakable-quantum-spy-satellite-say-one-day-lead-megascope-size-Earth-spot-license-plate-Jupiter-s-moons.html >>> >>> [quote] >>> China to launch unbreakable quantum spy satellite - and it could one >>> day lead to a megascope the size of Earth that could 'spot a license >>> plate on Jupiter's moons'Satellite produces entangled photon pairs >>> which form an encryption keyThese photons will theoretically remain >>> linked over great distancesThis means that any attempts to listen in >>> will be detected on the other sideScientists say this could one day >>> make for a secure global network >>> >>> Scientists in China are set to launch the world’s first ‘quantum >>> satellite,’ which could one day make for an ultra-secure global >>> communications network. The 1,300 pound craft contains a crystal that >>> produces pairs of entangled photons, which will be fired to ground >>> stations in China and Austria to form a ‘secret key.’ Entangled >>> photons theoretically maintain their link across any distance, and >>> according to the scientists, any attempts to breach this type of >>> communication would be easily detectable. [end of portion quoted] >>> >>> >>> Jim Bell >>> >>> >>> (I have big questions about some of these statements in this article. >>> But given the subject matter, quantum entanglement, confusion by lay >>> individuals is to be expected.) >> >> > > >