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Re:SETI spots dozens of new mysterious signals emanating fro... by bduerst on Thursday September 13, 2018 @06:18PM (#17983182)
>which is a characteristic of the universe that it does not seem to allow any faster-than-light communication

Great answer, but do you have more information on this?

I thought quantum entanglement allowed for teleportation of information at faster-than-light speeds. Yes, there is the original information being parcelled and shipped at slower-than-light speeds, but the individual act of disentangling particles can act as a faster-than-light signal.

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Re:SETI spots dozens of new mysterious signals emanating fro... by lovemenot on Thursday September 13, 2018 @07:23PM (#17983582)
Information is defined in such a way as it may never travel FTL.

When entangled particles reveal their states, they do not at that point in time transmit any new information. The information was actually encoded into the entangled pair which travelled at less than light speed to that destination.

I imagine this answer is probably unsatisfying and counterintuitive to you, as it is to me.

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Re:SETI spots dozens of new mysterious signals emanating fro... by stcredzero on Thursday September 13, 2018 @06:29PM (#17983256)
Great answer, but do you have more information on this?

PBS SpaceTime. The Speed of Light is not about Light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msVuCEs8Ydo

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