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The piece feels a bit fluffy, but I agree that if it excites a new generation, a new bunch of physicists with a new way of looking at things, it's completely wo
by MilStdJunkie 4y ago
The piece feels a bit fluffy, but I agree that if it excites a new generation, a new bunch of physicists with a new way of looking at things, it's completely worth reading.
On the other hand, I feel like it really missed the boat when it comes to the relation of entanglement to other properties of the macro universe. The notion that "geometry of spatial dimensions as emergent from networks of entanglement" is such an evocative idea that I don't understand how people aren't thinking about it all the time.
What if certain systems are in fact in the same "place", even if they appear to be light years apart? What does "appear to be apart" even mean?
To overuse an adjective, it's evocative. I do realize my understanding is barely that of a sparse layman, but it's still a fun mental toy to play with.
- throwaway81523 4y agoArticle is ok I thought, but there have been some other ones that I liked a lot better. I remember thinking that this was pretty good: https://www.quantamagazine.org/tensor-networks-and-entanglement-20150428/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/tensor-networks-and-entanglem...