Re: Quantum communication might be possible?

In article <1134988207.831379.318720@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<frisbieinstein@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> >To sum up: The entanglement propagates at the speed of light. So you
>> >can't use the entaglement to produce faster-than-light communication.
>>
>> Hmm. You have evidence for this statement, of course? :-)
>
>This falls into the category of what I call "pragmatic laws." It
>means, "No one has proved it can't be done, but the smartest people in
>the world have had 50 years to figure this out and decided it can't be
>done with what we have now. If you want to step up to the plate then
>well and good, but maybe it would be better to work on something else
>until some fundamental breakthrough changes the landscape."

Well, maybe, but there are two issues.

Firstly, a huge amount of time has been wasted by people assuming
that such "pragmatic" laws were true, when they weren't. This has
often held up whole fields for decades - in historical times, even
centuries. That is why you should never confuse yourself by
thinking of such favoured hypotheses as proven laws.

Secondly, you stated that the entanglement propagates at the speed
of light. That is really what I asked you whether you had any
evidence for - as far as I know, nobody has done the experiment,
but lots of people "know" what the answer will be. That isn't
science, but dogma.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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