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Originally Posted by Jim
Ah, but how do you know that the spins match without measuring them?
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Because they always match when we measure them. :P
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And how do you know that it's not the act of measuring that makes them match?
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We don't know for sure but with this standard, measurement-orientated way of thinking about it we get effects travelling faster-than-light, effects visually travelling backwards in time, effects which precede their causes and even effects without causes. Which is nice.
But if we get rid of this "wave function collapse" then things settle down nicely. 8)
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(I love QM! It's so... Zen.)
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With the more recent developments of quantum theory, the theory is not so Zen anymore, it's more a case of following everything carefully otherwise Schrodinger's Cat sneaks up from behind and smacks us around the head until we see paradoxes everywhere.
