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Please bear with me on this one; this is a plea for understanding rather than a "the theory doesn't work" post! I'll keep the question simple... and hope the answers are equally as simple!
In my naive "understanding" of entanglement, I can not refute an alternative explanation that
- two particles have their particular symetical/complementaty characteristics defined at a point when they are entangled
- when you observe them at a distance, it's therefore no surprise that they remain paired without any need for superluminal / tachyonic / (or whatever!) communication between them
This would seem a more plausible explanation than spooky action at a distance. What am I missing?
Thanks
Matt
In my naive "understanding" of entanglement, I can not refute an alternative explanation that
- two particles have their particular symetical/complementaty characteristics defined at a point when they are entangled
- when you observe them at a distance, it's therefore no surprise that they remain paired without any need for superluminal / tachyonic / (or whatever!) communication between them
This would seem a more plausible explanation than spooky action at a distance. What am I missing?
Thanks
Matt