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LeeJeffries
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I was watching a lecture by Prof Wolfson, and he said there was an experiment where a particle was split, I can't remember which, and so either charge was positive in one direction and then negative the other, or spin up and spin down, but in any event the two new particles were sent to two different countries in opposite directions, and once one particle had been observed, information about the other was instantly known
Now in my mind the properties of both were decided upon the moment they were split, but the interpretation is somehow wrong (i.e. no one really believes the moon isn't there when no one is looking, or that the cat is both dead and alive at the same time)
My question is why isn't the property of the new particle set when the original is split? Why is it until it is detected hundreds of miles away it is said it hasn't been decided?
Now in my mind the properties of both were decided upon the moment they were split, but the interpretation is somehow wrong (i.e. no one really believes the moon isn't there when no one is looking, or that the cat is both dead and alive at the same time)
My question is why isn't the property of the new particle set when the original is split? Why is it until it is detected hundreds of miles away it is said it hasn't been decided?