IBDaMann
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Give it up. The order of operations is FIRST you learn science THEN you claim to be an authority, not the other way around.
That climate science isn't quite as settled...
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serendipity
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This is pretty basic stuff, you'd be totally freaked out getting your head around quantum entanglement.
The 2022 Nobel Prize in physics recognized three scientists who made groundbreaking contributions in understanding one of the most mysterious of all natural phenomena: quantum entanglement.
In the simplest terms, quantum entanglement means that aspects of one particle of an entangled pair depend on aspects of the other particle, no matter how far apart they are or what lies between them. These particles could be, for example, electrons or photons, and an aspect could be the state it is in, such as whether it is “spinning” in one direction or another.
The strange part of quantum entanglement is that when you measure something about one particle in an entangled pair, you immediately know something about the other particle, even if they are millions of light years apart. This odd connection between the two particles is instantaneous, seemingly breaking a fundamental law of the universe. Albert Einstein famously called the phenomenon “spooky action at a distance.”
Having spent the better part of two decades conducting experiments rooted in quantum mechanics, I have come to accept its strangeness. Thanks to ever more precise and reliable instruments and the work of this year’s Nobel winners, Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger, physicists now integrate quantum phenomena into their knowledge of the world with an exceptional degree of certainty.
However, even until the 1970s, researchers were still divided over whether quantum entanglement was a real phenomenon. And for good reasons – who would dare contradict the great Einstein, who himself doubted it? It took the development of new experimental technology and bold researchers to finally put this mystery to rest.
Existing in multiple states at once
To truly understand the spookiness of quantum entanglement, it is important to first understand quantum superposition. Quantum superposition is the idea that particles exist in multiple states at once. When a measurement is performed, it is as if the particle selects one of the states in the superposition.
For example, many particles have an attribute called spin that is measured either as “up” or “down” for a given orientation of the analyzer. But until you measure the spin of a particle, it simultaneously exists in a superposition of spin up and spin down.
There is a probability attached to each state, and it is possible to predict the average outcome from many measurements. The likelihood of a single measurement being up or down depends on these probabilities, but is itself unpredictable.
Though very weird, the mathematics and a vast number of experiments have shown that quantum mechanics correctly describes physical reality.
https://www.astronomy.com/science/w...plains-einsteins-spooky-action-at-a-distance/
Into the Night
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*sigh*...Another idiot that thinks he knows science because he heard about 'quantum entanglement'. Pivot fallacy. No one is talking about quantum entanglement at all. This thread is about the so-called 'climate science' (which is really just a religion). You will find that throwing unrelated jabberwocky around doesn't impress either IBDaMann nor me. At least try sticking to the subject.
IBDaMann
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I feel sorry for you. It must suck to be so gullible as to allow yourself to be conned into believing that the impossible is "pretty basic stuff.".
Did you ever ask yourself "With what are they going to write digital values onto a photon?"? A pen?
Too funny.
A brilliant analyst from the great thinker.