I have always
been fascinated by quantum entanglement. It bothered Einstein so much that he
called it "Spooky action at a distance." and wrote a paper that
started a continuing discussion between him and Niels Bohr, one of the founders
of quantum mechanics. Here is a paragraph from Wikipedia describing this
phenomenon
"Quantum entanglement is a label for the observed
physical phenomenon that occurs when a pair or group of particles is generated, interact, or share spatial proximity in a
way such that the quantum state of each particle of the pair or group cannot be
described independently of the state of the others, even when the particles are
separated by a large distance. The topic of quantum entanglement is at the
heart of the disparity between classical and quantum
physics."
The phenomenon shows that when a lab measurement is performed such
as determining the "spin" of an entangled particle, the spin of
the other entangled particle immediately changes to the opposite state no
matter how far away it is. Einstein claimed that there must be local properties
of the particle that cause this, since nothing can go faster than the speed of
light. Bohr claimed that it was due to a collapse of the wave state of the
particles that occurs when the lab observation is performed. But this was still
controversial until the 1950's, when the Irish physicist, John Bell,
established that you could determine experimentally that entanglement is not
due to local properties. Some people even say that Bell's paper was the
most important discovery in modern physics. Entanglement has been shown to
occur between photons, electrons, buckyballs (which are large objects) and even
a diamond. But what exactly is this phenomenon is unknown and still
mysterious. To me this has in fact always been the most mysterious thing in
nature.
An interesting far out idea is that time is an emergent phenomenon
that occurs because of the nature of entanglement, and there is actually some
experimental evidence for this.
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I have always
been fascinated by quantum entanglement. It bothered Einstein so much that he
called it "Spooky action at a distance." and wrote a paper that
started a continuing discussion between him and Niels Bohr, one of the founders
of quantum mechanics.
The phenomenon shows that when a lab measurement is performed such
as determining the "spin" of an entangled particle, the spin of
the other entangled particle immediately changes to the opposite state no
matter how far away it is. Einstein claimed that there must be local properties
of the particle that cause this, since nothing can go faster than the speed of
light. Bohr claimed that it was due to a collapse of the wave state of the
particles that occurs when the lab observation is performed. But this was still
controversial until the 1950's, when the Irish physicist, John Bell,
established that you could determine experimentally that entanglement is not
due to local properties. Some people even say that Bell's paper was the
most important discovery in modern physics. Entanglement has been shown to
occur between photons, electrons, buckyballs (which are large objects) and even
a diamond. But what exactly is this phenomenon is unknown and still
mysterious. To me this has in fact always been the most mysterious thing in
nature.
An interesting far out idea is that time is an emergent phenomenon
that occurs because of the nature of entanglement, and there is actually some
experimental evidence for this.
So what is a worm-hole? An Einstein–Rosen bridge,
or wormhole, is a postulated phenomenon within General Relativity,
Einstein's theory that gravity is not a force but is a warping of space-time
due to objects with mass. The idea is that wormholes can join
points distant either in time or in space. If an object is massive enough,
it can create a funnel-like hole in spacetime so steep that not even light can
escape from it—a black hole. In principle, two widely separated black holes can
connect like back-to-back trumpet horns to make a shortcut through spacetime
called a wormhole.
This is not totally crazy but is discussed in modern physics
as a theoretical possibility, with the major problem being the amount of
negative energy of "exotic matter" (dark energy, whatever that is?)
required to keep it open.
Some time ago, due probably due to my ignorance of modern physics, I had the idea that entanglement could be due to a wormhole connecting the two particles and also that black holes may create worm holes. I claim no priority since it is an obvious idea (especially if you read science fiction, like I do).
Some time ago, due probably due to my ignorance of modern physics, I had the idea that entanglement could be due to a wormhole connecting the two particles and also that black holes may create worm holes. I claim no priority since it is an obvious idea (especially if you read science fiction, like I do).
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