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Re:Entanglement Made Simple by stared on Thursday May 12, 2016 @04:51AM (#11682171)
It is not bizarre; it is being presented as such, though. The actual mathematics of quantum mechanics is simple (vectors, matrices). What is confusing is:

- trying to describe quantum mechanics without mathematics (since we have no direct intuition/experience, many analogies do not hold),

- inventing some profound philosophy to describe facts.

For example, my entry on that: https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2015/03/13/quantum-supe... (not entanglement, but - an electron being in two places at once).

[Full disclaimer: I am an ex theoretical physicist. I don't claim I am sane, though.]

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Re:Entanglement Made Simple by tim333 on Thursday May 12, 2016 @01:39PM (#11685271)
It's not bizarre if you skip the tricky bits like how does it work, why don't the equations work for gravity, are there many worlds and so on.
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Re:Entanglement Made Simple by shanacarp on Thursday May 12, 2016 @02:01PM (#11685426)
>[Full disclaimer: I am an ex theoretical physicist. I don't claim I am sane, though.]

You sound sane :)

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