06-29-2003, 09:29 PM
[b]Even if somehow the spin flip was instantaneous (which I don't believe)[b]
Nonono, the idea is that the probability wave describing the two photons collapses the moment that someone measures the spin of one of the photons. So there is an "effect" (probability wave collapsing) that happens instantaneously. However, this event doesn't travel faster than light because the probability wave wasn't really there in the first place. It was just a matter of measurement.
Or at least that's what I get from it.
Nonono, the idea is that the probability wave describing the two photons collapses the moment that someone measures the spin of one of the photons. So there is an "effect" (probability wave collapsing) that happens instantaneously. However, this event doesn't travel faster than light because the probability wave wasn't really there in the first place. It was just a matter of measurement.
Or at least that's what I get from it.