Quantum Theory Experiment Said to Prove "Spooky" Interactions (economist.com)

universe520 writes: Albert Einstein was troubled by how two particles can communicate with each other even if they are on opposite sides of the galaxy. Today researchers in the Netherlands have closed the final two loopholes in how quantum entanglement works. The Times reports: "The new experiment, conducted by a group led by Ronald Hanson, a physicist at the Dutch university’s Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, and joined by scientists from Spain and England, is the strongest evidence yet to support the most fundamental claims of the theory of quantum mechanics about the existence of an odd world formed by a fabric of subatomic particles, where matter does not take form until it is observed and time runs backward as well as forward."

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"and time runs backward as well as forward."

[Arkh89]

"and time runs backward as well as forward."

It had to be published today, right Doc?

Re:"and time runs backward as well as forward."

[jc42]

Remember that these are the same people arguing against the Universe having a creator....

Nah; they've just found that the "creator" worked at what we consider the (heat) death of the universe, and the creation has run backward since then. We don't remember something until the universe reaches the event we're trying to remember, and then it sends a description of the event forward along your time line. This transmission has a significant error rate, of course.

Does that clear it all up? If not, wait a bit, and someone farther back will send a more detailed explanation. Of course, since it'll be traveling longer, there'll be more dropped bits, so we may not be able to make as much sense of it.

Flux capacitor!

[mrego]

and this is the basis of the flux capacitor and all of time travel. About time it got discovered.

Re:I've been waiting for this!

[darkain]

Just press the red button on each and wait for their red LEDs to start blinking to pair the particles.