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Re:Chinese scientists test quantum entanglement over unprece... by darkerside on Friday June 16, 2017 @10:00AM (#14569012)
What is the equivalent to "shaking" in QM? I'm trying to figure out why it matters whether you shake the box or not (i.e. could the shaking simply not have an effect if you're not looking?)
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Re:Chinese scientists test quantum entanglement over unprece... by lucozade on Friday June 16, 2017 @10:37AM (#14569375)
The shaking represents any sort of action that doesn't perform a measurement. It was the first thing I thought of that could affect the ball without opening the box.

It could be that the shaking didn't have an effect. But equally, it could have had an effect. The spooky bit is that the other ball 'knows' whether it did or not in a non-local way.

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Re:Chinese scientists test quantum entanglement over unprece... by darkerside on Monday June 19, 2017 @08:37AM (#14586418)
But isn't it possible that performing "shaking" might not affect any "ball" when it's "inside of a box"?
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