Quantum entangled-photon Chinese satellite.

[zen@freedbms.net (Zenaan Harkness)]

On Sat, Aug 06, 2016 at 03:18:36PM -0600, Mirimir wrote:
> On 08/06/2016 02:04 PM, juan wrote:
> > On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 15:31:13 -0600
> > Mirimir <mirimir@riseup.net> wrote:
> > 	Math is just a tool that deals with numbers. And numbers
> > 	without units have no physical meaning.
> 
> Quantum mechanics is math. It makes predictions about reality that can
> be tested. By experiments where stuff gets measured.
> 
> The problem is that some predictions of quantum mechanics, such as this
> stuff about entanglement, 1) have been verified experimentally, but 2)
> don't make obvious sense. That is, a wave function comprising two
> entangled electrons can apparently collapse instantaneously, even though
> the electrons are arbitrarily far apart. You could try to give up light
> as a universal speed limit. But that creates other paradoxes.

Sound. Light.

Bah humbug! Next thing they'll be telling us that thought is the
universal speed limit.