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Strange way of throwing Einstein's name into the title for linkbaiting sake. It's not his particle entanglement but John Bell's if anyone's, calling it "spooky"
by ojosilva 7y ago
Strange way of throwing Einstein's name into the title for linkbaiting sake. It's not his particle entanglement but John Bell's if anyone's, calling it "spooky" is Einstein's contribution, at least in the context of the article.
I had the BBC as a reference on journalism, but from a quick glance over the headlines at least its website looks like it's lost some decency in that respect.
- ksaj 7y agoEinstein described quantum mechanics as "spooky" because of the instantaneousness of the apparent remote interaction between two entangled particles. The interaction also seemed incompatible with elements of his special theory of relativity. Scientist Sir John Bell __later__ formalised the concept ...
- dang 7y agoOk, we've deeinsteined the title above.
- singularity2001 7y agoOne more Hapax legomenon just landed on this planet (For those unmotivated to Google: it is a word which only occurs once in a context, book ... or the whole world)