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For the first time in the history of quantum mechanics, scientists have been able to transmit a black and white image without having to send any physical particles. The phenomenon can be explained using the Zeno effect, the same effect that explains that movement itself is impossible.
The journal article is in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1614560114)
Wikipedia has an article about the quantum Zeno effect.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @06:16AM
"If your best argument is shaming skeptics, I'd say your failure to convert them to your point of view is entirely your own."
Lol, way to promote the age of polarization! I was never looking to "convert" anyone, I just dislike the knee jerk reactions from close minded fools. Such were (and still are, I met a flat earther zomg) the promoters of flat earth theory, earth is the center of the universe, woman was created from a rib of man, we were popped into existence as perfect human beings, etc. etc.
I'm all for skepticism, just open minded skepticism that realizes our knowledge is not complete. Probably your basic attitude is the problem, everything is black / white, must believe or not. Therefore you throw out arguments cause you're not willing to believe, but all that is being asked is to keep your mind open to the possibilities. Until this article I would have never said there was proof of quantum entanglement information transfer because I had never heard of such proof, but I would have said it might be possible. I guess you're still stuck on your pride ;) And I'm stuck in the same old world where open minded people are derided as fools BY fools :( Making my peace with it hopefully sooner rather than later.