This chapter delves into the concept of quantum entanglement and explores its implications in the field of quantum physics. The speakers explain the intertwined nature of particles and how measuring one particle can affect another, regardless of distance. The chapter also touches on the practical applications of quantum entanglement in areas such as cryptography and computing.
In this episode we cover the underpinnings of the either/or, cause-then-effect, deterministic, distance-separates-things, no-info-travels-faster-than-light, orderly world of classical physics. It is the world inhabited by such luminaries as Newton and Einstein.
Then we descend into the merely probabilistic, action-at-a-distance, neither/both world of Quantum Physics to cover the most bafflng and counter intuituve (nay, SPOOKY in the words of Einstein) phenomenon in nature -- Quantum Entanglement.
If you have not listened to the episode on Schrodinger's Cat (HBH 50) it is recommended you do so first. Superposition is a necessary precursor to this topic also.
For more info:
https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/proving-that-quantum-entanglement-is-real#:~:text=The%20Freedman–Clauser%20experiment%20was,2010%20Wolf%20Prize%20in%20physics.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/quantum-entanglement-isnt-all-that-spooky-after-all1/
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