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I'd guess it's referring to Einstein's "spooky action at a distance"

• gizmo686 12y ago
  That is what I thought to, but I do not see anything in this article that hint as some sort of spooky action at a distance.
• fsloth 12y ago
  No, it's not. Spooky action at a distance refers to phenomena arising at the quantum level. The scale difference between that and alignment of the rotations of quasars is getting near the largest observable scale difference there can be. Which, itself, is kinda satisfying :). The spookiness here is of similar nature as the spookiness how the eurasian continental plate seems to fit snugly with the american one although they are now quite far apart - i.e. we should be able to figure out which past events led to the current configuration. I would call this result 'really cool' rather than 'spooky' but neither of those are very specific terms ;)
  • anigbrowl 12y ago
    You're right, but the journalist probably selected that word for the 'Science!' association with the QM term.