Let me break this down in simpler terms.

1) You can exist in multiple states simultaneously. For example, imagine rolling a six-sided die. In the quantum realm, when you roll the die, you technically get all six outcomes at once.

2) Quantum entanglement allows objects to be connected over vast distances. Let's say you have two identical 10-piece puzzles, one at Location 1 and the other at Location 2, thousands of miles apart. If you rearrange 5 pieces of the puzzle at Location 1 to create a certain picture, the puzzle at Location 2 instantly rearranges itself in the same way, without any physical interaction.

Now, the fascinating part is the process required for this to happen, called "spontaneous parametric down-conversion" (SPDC). It's usually performed on a particle level, not on puzzles, but the concept still applies. And you might wonder, who came up with this intricate process in the first place?

they're not connected

this is easily explained by two shoes. they're a pair.

if you look at one and it's a right shoe, you know on the other side of the universe the other is a left shoe

they are not connected

They're linked, meaning connected, so when one particle is altered, the change affects the other particle.

because they share a property, it does not mean they are connected. one does not affect the other

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"Let me break this down in simpler terms.

1) You can exist in multiple states simultaneously. For example, imagine rolling a six-sided die. In the quantum realm, when you roll the die, you technically get all six outcomes at once.

2) Quantum entanglement allows objects to be connected over vast distances. Let's say you have two identical 10-piece puzzles, one at Location 1 and the other at Location 2, thousands of miles apart. If you rearrange 5 pieces of the puzzle at Location 1 to create a certain picture, the puzzle at Location 2 instantly rearranges itself in the same way, without any physical interaction.

Now, the fascinating part is the process required for this to happen, called "spontaneous parametric down-conversion" (SPDC). It's usually performed on a particle level, not on puzzles, but the concept still applies. And you might wonder, who came up with this intricate process in the first place?"

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Here's a response you could use for the forum post:

"The concepts you're exploring are interesting, but there are a few inaccuracies in how quantum mechanics is being applied here. Let's clarify:

Quantum superposition does indeed allow a particle to exist in multiple states simultaneously, much like your dice example. However, it's crucial to understand that this doesn't translate directly to macroscopic objects like dice in the classical world we observe. The phenomena of superposition is generally observed at the subatomic level, under very specific conditions.

Quantum entanglement is a phenomenon where pairs or groups of particles interact in ways such that the state of one particle cannot be described independently of the state of the others, even when the particles are separated by large distances. However, the example of the puzzles is a bit misleading. Entanglement does not involve physical changes or rearrangements occurring spontaneously in another location as a response to local actions. It's more about the measurement of states being correlated.

The process you mentioned, spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC), is indeed a method to generate entangled photons in laboratories. SPDC involves a photon transforming into two photons of lower energy that are entangled, but it doesn't manifest in macroscopic objects like puzzles.

To add some interesting related facts:

Quantum entanglement was famously referred to by Einstein as "spooky action at a distance," reflecting his skepticism about its bizarre properties.
Experiments with quantum entanglement have recently been performed on satellites, testing entanglement over distances of thousands of kilometers.
Quantum computing relies heavily on principles of quantum mechanics like superposition and entanglement to perform calculations at speeds unachievable by classical computers.
These insights into the quantum world suggest we're only scratching the surface of understanding the fundamental principles of the universe."

yes they are

thank you ron

"or so we are told"

can you post something actually scientific

this is straight from the department of energy

"linked" is an ambiguous (sensational, indeed) term, means nothing besides having a property between them

it is not a physical link

where did i say physical link? i said in my op that "without any physical interaction." aka no physical link[

physical in terms of physics. but intutitively an imaginary string connecting them

they are not communicating. their properties may change and the others they are entangled with do so via symmetry

it is interesting but not useful

They are connected and everyone find it usefull in the physics community

knew thread would get hijacked by wincel and miscmathematician

Yeah, the reason entanglement is so weird is that it's weird and non-local. IIRC, the implications of Bell's theorem is that you need to toss either local realism, denial of FTL travel or both.


The 2022 Nobel Prize was won for this. And we've done experiments at quite a large scale. Entanglement isn't something that happens to exist, rather it's a mathematical consequence of quantum physics. It's necessary unless you change the fundamental laws.


Personally, I think it mandates we change our concept of space. I don't think space is a container we inhabit with objective distances. I think it's more like a personal interface we create.

i dont know what you mean by connected anymore. I presume you mean they can affect one another, which is not true. This would mean FTL communication at the very least

it is true and everyone has it posted

i know very little about QM and was willing for a debate and to learn if you knew more than me

i think misinformation and sensationalism in science is a problem though. so i always push back and ask questions

itsnot misinformation, when the dep. of energy says something , means its right

Good thread, I've liked reading all the replies so far.

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I'll try to clear up the confusion here re entanglement.

Entanglement is the result of conservation laws, and i'll try to explain how.

In 'classical physics', if you have a system of let's say two balls and they collide, and then collide off at an angle, we know total momentum will be preserved; that means that the total momentum of the system before the collision will be the same as the total momentum after the collision. So lets say we have a system of 2 balls, and the total momentum is '10' (picking an arbitrary figurewithout units for explanation purposes only). The balls then collide, and you measure one of the balls, and its momentum is 7, then you know the momentum of the other ball is 3, because the total momentum of the system is 10. It's actually a little more complicated because momentum is a vector quantity with direction, but that doesn't matter for the conceptual understanding.

This seems no problem in the classical regime, right? We expect quantities to be conserved and it doesn't cause any conceptual issues. The 'weirdness' comes in the quantum regime; because now if you have a system of two balls and they collide, you don't know the individual momentum of each, only the total momentum of the system until measurement; but as soon as you measure you know the total momentum will be 10.

The key part here is that a theorem known as bells theorem proves that this isn't just a statement about our ignorance, i.e the particles doesn't 'really have a momentum' thats hidden from us before we measure; the values we measure 'come into being' in some sense when we measure and the 'wave function collapses', yet the two states will always agree… we know if the momentum of the system is '10', and we measure 1 particle, the other is always going to be such that the total adds up to 10. So in this sense, yes they are 'connected' (although this is a bit of a nebulous term), but a better way to say it is something like 'the two particles become a part of the same system, and share a wave function, and thus are correlated'. The interesting thing about this result is that entanglement can occur over vast distances; measure one particle of a system and you'll know the momentum of the other instantly, but there are theorems that prove it can't be used by us to transfer information (although it can be useful in other ways, such as in quantum computing). Bells theorem was confirmed experimentally (Nobel prizes were handed out recently but the experimental work was done in the 70s), which means we have to give up localality in quantum mechanics, or something even weirder.

Here's a video if you want to dig deeper explaining the mathematical result of bells theorem, but visually illustrating the concept: