Re:Is Quantum Entanglement Real?
by gus_massa on Friday November 14, 2014 @11:45PM
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I agree completely. Entanglement is everywhere.
To calculate the correct energy of the electrons in a molecule it's necessary to use entanglement. But these molecular examples may be explained using some weird classical models with local hidden variables, and with electrons that interact with each other to conspire and provide the right result of the measurement. The quantum mechanical explanation is actually more simple, but not "intuitive".
Almost all the discussions about entanglement discuss the strange case of two entangled particles that are far away. The distance between the particles is only a trick to:
* be sure that one of them can't communicate to the other and tell the result of the measurement
* be sure that there is no a local hidden variable theory that explain the result
To calculate the correct energy of the electrons in a molecule it's necessary to use entanglement. But these molecular examples may be explained using some weird classical models with local hidden variables, and with electrons that interact with each other to conspire and provide the right result of the measurement. The quantum mechanical explanation is actually more simple, but not "intuitive".
Almost all the discussions about entanglement discuss the strange case of two entangled particles that are far away. The distance between the particles is only a trick to:
* be sure that one of them can't communicate to the other and tell the result of the measurement
* be sure that there is no a local hidden variable theory that explain the result