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Beginner's Guide to Quantum Entanglement

Posted by Zonk on from the in-case-you-need-to-make-your-own-universe dept.

No Fortune writes "Einstein called it 'Spooky action at a distance.' This article describes, in scientific layman's terms, how spooky action is created." From the article: "Normally the photons exit the crystal such that one is aligned in a horizontally (H) polarized light cone, the other aligned vertically (V). By adjusting the experiment, the horizontal and vertical light cones can be made to overlap. Even though the polarization of the individual photons is unknown, the nature of quantum mechanics demands they differ."

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  1. Jesus Zonk... by grasshoppa · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...what the hell is the matter with you anyway?

    Throwing that kind of physics at us on a Saturday evening when you *know* most of us are half drunk?

    Bastard.

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    1. Re:Jesus Zonk... by ZachPruckowski · · Score: 3, Funny

      More to the point, it's 11:33 PM on a Saturday at UVA, and I'm reading about quantum stuff. I'm far worse than Zonk right now. :(

  2. Zonk is Jesus?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lord help us... but anyway, you've got be half-drunk to even start getting quantum physics. Everyone knows that... well, they do when you ask, they didn't before you asked.

  3. In what? by Transcendent · · Score: 5, Funny

    in scientific layman's terms

    Ah, oxymoron terms... the best kind.

  4. Finally! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've been waiting for Teach Yourself Spooky Action in 24 hours.

    1. Re:Finally! by Tablizer · · Score: 4, Funny

      I've been waiting for Teach Yourself Spooky Action in 24 hours.

      It's right next to Brain Surgery for Dummies, Nuclear Power Plant Management for Complete Idiots, Intelligent Design for the Non-Intelligent, and War Planning for the GOP :-)

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  5. Great Article! by CynicalGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    +1 dugg

  6. "Quantum Entanglement"? by artemis67 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is that what the geek kids are calling it these days?

    "Excuse me, but you stimulate the neurons in my hypothalamus. Would you like to come over to my place and study quantum entanglement?"

    1. Re:"Quantum Entanglement"? by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

      Is that what the geek kids are calling it these days?

      Call it whatever the hell you want; geeks still won't get any.

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    2. Re:"Quantum Entanglement"? by Woldry · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes, it only gets bigger when there's an observer. ;-)

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    3. Re:"Quantum Entanglement"? by d99-sbr · · Score: 4, Funny

      That would be the classical interpretation. In quantum physics the likelihood is just incredibly small.

  7. Re:sigh, digg by Tankko · · Score: 4, Funny

    >>The comments were 50% juvenile drunken-louts-at-school level and the other 50% were people who didn't understand the question.

    Exactly!!! And what is your impression of Digg comments?