Re: Quantum entanglement and FTL


"Matt Menge" <mspmenge@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: As I understand it when a photon is detected it acts as a particle and
: when it is not detected it acts as a wave. With a slit experiment and
: the second (terminal) detector at a sufficient distance, it would seem
: that the entanglement of photons would allow you to communicate with
: the second detector faster than the speed of light. Yet any physics
: book tells you this is not so. But why?
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http://www.androcles01.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/AC/AC.htm


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