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This reminds me of the Ansible, a communication device allowing instant or near instant faster-than-light communication. It is seen in many science fiction work
by ffk 14y ago
This reminds me of the Ansible, a communication device allowing instant or near instant faster-than-light communication. It is seen in many science fiction works and often justified as quantum entanglement in practice.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansible https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansible
- jmaygarden 14y agoI didn't realize that Ursula Le Guin coined that term. My first recollection of it was from Orson Scott Card and later, Dan Simmons. In any event, entanglement certainly doesn't look like it will lead to an ansible yet.
- ffk 14y agoYea, my first encounter was in Ender's Game. :)
- jmaygarden 14y agoI loved that book as a kid. It looks like they are finally going to release the movie version in a year from now. They've been teasing us with movie announcements for the better part of a decade. I wonder if they'll directly mention quantum entanglement? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731141/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731141/