I think you're missing something about entanglement here. Once two particles are entangled, they can then be separated by great distance. Then an observation of one particle effects the other *instantaneously* (which would be infinitely fast, and faster than light-- at the same time!) regardless of that distance. Its a very difficult concept; in fact, Einstein believed it went against all common sense and spent a lot of time trying to disprove it, see EPR (and therefore all quantum mechanics). "The God Effect" by Brian Clegg is a wonderful, easily-read explanation of this phenomenon.
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I think you're missing something about entanglement here. Once two particles are entangled, they can then be separated by great distance. Then an observation of one particle effects the other *instantaneously* (which would be infinitely fast, and faster than light-- at the same time!) regardless of that distance. Its a very difficult concept; in fact, Einstein believed it went against all common sense and spent a lot of time trying to disprove it, see EPR (and therefore all quantum mechanics). "The God Effect" by Brian Clegg is a wonderful, easily-read explanation of this phenomenon.