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The Column<br />
By Chuck Van Riper<br />
Quantum Entanglement<br />
“Quantum entanglement is the physical phenomenon that<br />
occurs when a group of particles are generated, interact,<br />
or share spatial proximity in a way such that the quantum<br />
state of each particle of the group cannot be described independently<br />
of the state of the others, including when the<br />
particles are separated by a large distance.” - Wikipedia<br />
“Quantum entanglement is a phenomenon observed at<br />
the quantum scale where entangled particles stay connected<br />
(in some sense) so that the actions performed on<br />
one of the particles affects the other, no matter the distance<br />
between two particles.” - www.astrogeeksco.com<br />
During this time when I have a multitude of time to<br />
do nothing, I spend some of my time reading either<br />
quantum physics stuff or Egyptology. In this article, I<br />
would like to discuss the very bizarre concept of Quantum<br />
Entanglement, even though it is a very abstract kind<br />
of concept. This will twist your brain cells around some.<br />
Now before you say “Damn, Chuck, how many pain killers<br />
did you take before you read this?!?”, let me say I’ll<br />
try to explain the basics in as concise a manner as I can,<br />
and what it means to me.<br />
Let’s start by saying this is seen on a quantum level,<br />
or stuff we can’t see without very special equipment (neutrons,<br />
electrons and photons). For this example, we’ll just<br />
use basic shapes, say a square and a circle. Under normal<br />
deduction, there are four outcomes: Both the objects are<br />
circles, the first object is a circle and the second a square,<br />
the first object is a square and the second is a circle, and<br />
both the objects are squares. That is it. That’s all the possibilities.<br />
These objects are not dependent on each other<br />
(or entangled). If you change the shape of one object, it<br />
has no effect on the other.<br />
In the quantum world, when both objects are entangled,<br />
if one object is a circle, the other is also a circle. If<br />
one object is a square, the other object must also be a<br />
square. They mirror each other’s properties in this way,<br />
no matter the distance between them. For example, if we<br />
have one object in Topeka, Kansas and another object in<br />
Sri Lanka, and they are entangled, and we observe the ob-<br />
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