Brian Posted March 30, 2017 New research into light particles challenges understanding of quantum theory 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted March 30, 2017 Is that like twins being born of different mothers? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff Posted March 30, 2017 On 3/30/2017 at 3:56 PM, Marblehead said: Is that like twins being born of different mothers? Well said. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Posted March 30, 2017 Or twins born of the same mother but in different hospitals. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff Posted March 30, 2017 On 3/30/2017 at 4:50 PM, Brian said: Or twins born of the same mother but in different hospitals. Or that all hospitals are the same thing. Such concepts of "distance" are all an illusion of time and space. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted March 30, 2017 Photon and photon separated at birth. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Posted March 30, 2017 On 3/30/2017 at 5:00 PM, Apech said: Photon and photon separated at birth.And yet connected... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zhongyongdaoist Posted March 30, 2017 Quote Until now, the general assumption was that such photon pairs necessarily originate from single points in space. This is an excellent example about how common sense notions don't carry over into the world of the very small where they don't apply, but until their falsity is discovered they continue to influence our thinking. By the way, for those people who aren't really up on "paired" particles, if we are going to import "twin" metaphors into the very small, they are more like "fraternal twins" then "identical twins" since each "twin" has one fundamental characteristic that, like gender in some fraternal twins, is the opposite the other. This characteristic is one of the reasons why they have been so important to the development of physics, though that opens several cans of vibrating, wiggly "strings" about which way too much could be posted. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gerry Posted March 30, 2017 On 3/30/2017 at 5:06 PM, Brian said: And yet connected... For how long and how far? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Posted March 30, 2017 On 3/30/2017 at 7:04 PM, Gerry said: For how long and how far?We don't know because we haven't found the end. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted March 30, 2017 On 3/30/2017 at 5:06 PM, Brian said: And yet connected... via collective consciousness? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted March 31, 2017 On 3/30/2017 at 3:56 PM, Marblehead said: Is that like twins being born of different mothers? Since 'nothingness' has no location .... Ch 42 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted March 31, 2017 On 3/30/2017 at 5:06 PM, Brian said: And yet connected... which one is the 'evil twin ' ? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted March 31, 2017 Where are the 'missing' superpartner particles from the LHC experiments ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Posted March 31, 2017 On 3/31/2017 at 12:25 AM, Nungali said: which one is the 'evil twin ' ?The other one. It's always the other one. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Posted March 31, 2017 On 3/31/2017 at 12:27 AM, Nungali said: Where are the 'missing' superpartner particles from the LHC experiments ?If we knew that, they wouldn't be missing! Duh. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
