Entanglement is perhaps one of the most confusing aspects of quantum mechanics. On its surface, entanglement allows particles to communicate over vast distances instantly, apparently violating the speed of light. But while entangled particles are connected, they don’t necessarily share information between them. In quantum mechanics, a particle isn’t really a particle. Instead of being … Continue reading "Can Entangled Particles Communicate Faster than Light?"

One of the strangest consequences of quantum mechanics is entanglement, where two particles can be connected in such a way that an observation of one immediately collapses the wave function of the other, no matter the distance. This seems to break the laws of physics, allowing for instantaneous communication. Could it be possible to use quantum entanglement to communicate faster than the speed of light?

  • starman2112
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    2 months ago

    Betteridge’s law holds. You can’t cheat physics. Information cannot be transmitted faster than light. Quantum entanglement is sort of analogous to splitting a pair of shoes into two boxes. You can take one box as far as you want, and when you open it, you can have absolute certainty of what shoe is in the other box. But because you can’t affect which shoe you find, you cannot use this for communication. The big difference is that with quantum entanglement, which shoe you have isn’t decided until one of the boxes is checked.