Quantum teleportation implications

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Quantum teleportation of atoms has been successfully achieved through quantum entanglement, as reported in the journal Nature. This breakthrough raises significant questions about the nature of reality, particularly whether information serves as the fundamental building block of the universe rather than matter. The discussion emphasizes the distinction between the teleportation of atomic properties (information) and the atoms themselves, clarifying common misconceptions surrounding the term "information" in physics.

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Now that quantum teleportation of atoms has been achived via quantum entanglement, what are its implications for our world(reality)? Is information the fundamental building block of the universe and not matter?


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3811785.stm
 
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GeorgCantor said:
Now that quantum teleportation of atoms has been achived via quantum entanglement, what are its implications for our world(reality)? Is information the fundamental building block of the universe and not matter?


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3811785.stm

Don't be fooled by the term "Information" as used in physics when the media and "gurus" talk about it. It is a blanket term and is not meant to imply that beyond quarks lies "informationons".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_information

Example of practicle "information loss" in a QM/Thermodynamix process would be the famous Information Paradox.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole_information_paradox
 
GeorgCantor said:
Now that quantum teleportation of atoms has been achived via quantum entanglement, what are its implications for our world(reality)? Is information the fundamental building block of the universe and not matter?


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3811785.stm
You have misspelled the text. Text says: "Scientists have performed successful teleportation on atoms for the first time, the journal Nature reports."
They say they teleport properties of atoms (information about atoms) not atoms themselves.
 

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