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Old 01-08-2009, 11:20 AM   #118 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot View Post
If two subatomic particles collide with each other, they experience quantum entanglement. At any time after that collision, changes in behaviour in one particle will instantaneously (or more precise, at the speed of light) affect the other particle's behaviour, regardless of distance, and regardless of the time that has elapsed since the collision.
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5. As I think, I cause electrical activity in my brain, and as the electrons move, every electron is instantly affecting every other subatomic particle in the universe.
Just to be precise: as you said above, the change happens with the speed of light, not instantly. (I think this is still the general opinion of physicists.)
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