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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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Remember Darwin; building a better mousetrap merely results in smarter mice.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @03:25PM (7 children)
A lot of users here are going to have to swallow a whole lot of pride. Can you do it? Can you say "I was wrong"?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @03:37PM (6 children)
Swallow a whole lot of pride? What did they even say?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @04:06PM (4 children)
Started with "quantum entanglement is bogus, they just don't understand simple statistics!" then continued with "sure they're entangled, but you can't transmit anything with it so its just a useless gimmick" along with downplaying quantum computers etc.
I'm just mouthing off cause I can't stand people who hold to the status quo because anything new and different is scary and can't possibly be right. Many people would weigh in with confident proclamations of this being quackery, so now it would be nice for them to swallow that attitude and realize that maybe they a bit close minded.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @04:56PM (3 children)
Quantum entanglement is real and well-established phenomena. However, it is not possible [wikipedia.org] to use it for the transmission of information.
As for quantum computers, the feasibility and practicality remains to be seen. For the time being, their existence is purely theoretical.
I'm just mouthing off cause I can't stand people who hold to the status quo because anything new and different is scary and can't possibly be right. Many people would weigh in with confident proclamations of this being quackery, so now it would be nice for them to swallow that attitude and realize that maybe they a bit close minded.
If your best argument is shaming skeptics, I'd say your failure to convert them to your point of view is entirely your own.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @05:36PM (1 child)
I'm just mouthing off cause I can't stand people
Misanthrope! Back to your Mom's basement, you quantum fanboi!!!
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Friday May 19 2017, @12:21PM
Who said he ever left?
Is Schrodenger's cat alive if it can IM out from the box?
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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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 18 2017, @05:54PM
Swallowing large family groups of lions is not recommended, no matter what your position on ghostly action-at-a-distance.