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If that's all there was to entanglement, we would just use the term "ignorance of the actual state". The issue with entanglement is that the system will show pr
by flebron 13y ago
If that's all there was to entanglement, we would just use the term "ignorance of the actual state". The issue with entanglement is that the system will show properties of being in _both states at once_, which is distinct from being in one unknown state, which is your analogy. There's really no classical analogy that I know of that correctly fits entanglement in QM.
- mck- 13y agoThe most-cited analogy would be Shrodinger's Cat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger's_cat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger's_cat
- frede 13y agoEntanglement arises from the mix of mutual exclusive states and superposition. Superposition of two states is what is missing in the classical world.
- yk 13y agoI would call being in both states at once a quantum phenomenon, which has not much to do with entanglement.