I'll let George answer: EPR refers to the *Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox*, a 1935 thought experiment by Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen. It challenges the completeness of quantum mechanics by showing that, under its rules, two particles can become *entangled*—so that measuring one instantly affects the other, no matter how far apart they are.
Einstein called this "spooky action at a distance" and believed it implied quantum mechanics was incomplete, suggesting the existence of hidden variables that would restore locality and determinism. EPR is foundational to debates about quantum nonlocality and played a key role in later developments like Bell's theorem and quantum information theory. On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 at 20:29, Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> wrote: > What is "EPR"? What is the attraction to acronyms about? > > --- > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > 505 670-9918 > Santa Fe, NM > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2025, 11:38 PM Pieter Steenekamp < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Seth Lloyd’s Turing test for free will ( >> https://www.informationphilosopher.com/solutions/scientists/lloyd/Turing_Test.pdf) >> is to consciousness what EPR was to quantum physics: a challenge to the >> theory's completeness. EPR said quantum weirdness must hide something >> deeper; Bell said “let's test that”—and nature replied, “nope, it’s weird >> all the way down.” Nobel Prize, case closed. >> >> Lloyd asks: can we prove the mind is just machinery? His test says: build >> a machine that behaves indistinguishably from a human and believes it has >> free will. If you succeed—great. But failure proves nothing. >> >> Unlike Bell’s inequality, this test can only confirm, never deny. No >> ghost-busting here. >> >> Until then? It’s speculation. The Standard Model explains almost >> everything—except the quantum gremlins and how observation messes things >> up. So maybe the mind still has an ace up its sleeve. Or a soul. Or a bug >> in the code. >> .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / >> ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: 5/2017 thru present >> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> > .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / > ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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