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Human Eye Could Detect Spooky Action At a Distance
KentuckyFC writes "The human eye is a good photon detector--it's sensitive enough to spot photons in handfuls. So what if you swapped a standard photon detector with a human eye in the ongoing experiments to measure spooky-action-at-a-distance? (That's the ability of entangled photons to influence each other, no matter how far apart they might be.) A team of physicists in Switzerland have worked out the details and say that in principle there is no reason why human eyes couldn't do this kind of experiment. That would be cool because it would ensure that the two human observers involved in the test would become entangled, albeit for a short period time. The team, led by Nic Gisin, a world leader on entanglement, says it is actively pursuing this goal (abstract) so we could have the first humans to experience entanglement within months."
I'm thinkin', me, and Halle Berry ... or maybe Famke Janssen.
Yeah, okay, so I just watched X-Men on cable.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Hrmm. "The first humans to experience entanglement", huh? And how long before the experiment becomes the basis for a porn movie plot?
I sense a host of new bad pickup lines coming in the near future.
It can see sexy action at a distance.
It may be a first, but lets hope they keep it boy-girl. Same sex entanglement can't be much fun.
Excuse me, but please get off my Pennisetum Clandestinum, eh!
I've heard that frogs have the ability to detect single photons. This is from a cryptographer who jokingly proposed a frog-based system for quantum key distribution.
But on a more serious note, what does it really mean for two people to become entangled? And does it matter that the photons are detected by a human retina? Could the entanglement just as easily happen if the photons were fired into my left butt-cheek?
so we could have the first humans to experience entanglement within months
I'm guessing the avalanche of crazy whacked out girlfriend stories is about to start...
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no, that is Freaky action. This is about Spooky action.
"Are these metric handfuls? or nautical?"
No. They are statute.
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I know I'm not the only one who has no idea what this article is about. And yes, I read TFA. Just one link or two is all I'm asking for. I know this is News for Nerds, but the subject matter seems just a tad bit obscure.
I know, I know, I should do a Google search. Problem is, I suspect that I'd have to construct my search queries very carefully, as I worry about what kind of results I'd get...
I shudder at the thought of kibiribbits.
... entangling alliances with none." - Thomas Jefferson
That's what mirrors on the ceiling are for.
I don't therefore I'm not.
When trying to use on a female quantum physicist the pickup line both works and doesn't work. But once the quantum states collapse you'll get slapped regardless. Those chicks are extra spooky!