The discussion centers around a paper related to counterfactual transmission of information, particularly focusing on the claims made regarding the absence of photon travel between two parties, Alice and Bob. Participants seek comments on the paper and explore its implications for the feasibility of counterfactual communications.
Participants do not reach a consensus on the implications of the paper or the validity of the counterfactual claims. Multiple viewpoints regarding the accessibility of the paper and its experimental claims remain present.
Participants express uncertainty about the paper's claims and the necessity for further independent verification. There are references to specific articles and links that may not lead to the full content of the paper, indicating limitations in accessing the material for discussion.
Nugatory said:That paper is behind a paywall. Someone have an arXiv preprint that's close enough to the final version to substitute?
Nugatory said:The link in the article is taking me to the same place as the link in your original post: the page at pnas.org with the abstract but not the content of the paper.
It is an implementation of 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.170502 (https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.2042). They don't do any measurement to prove the counterfactual claim (that no photons ever travel between Alice and Bob), so it won't help with the debate on whether counterfactual communications are actually possible.cosmik debris said:I saw this paper and would like some comments on it if possible.
http://www.pnas.org/content/114/19/4920.full.pdf
DrClaude said:It is an implementation of 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.170502 (https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.2042). They don't do any measurement to prove the counterfactual claim (that no photons ever travel between Alice and Bob), so it won't help with the debate on whether counterfactual communications are actually possible.