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Old 15-June-2004, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by wipeout
I'd just add that more recent developments suggest that the spins seemingly matching instantaneously when one particle is measured is actually just a mathematical shortcut and not a physical effect, and that the spins match from the moment of the initial split.
Ah, but how do you know that the spins match without measuring them? And how do you know that it's not the act of measuring that makes them match?

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