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| Re: Superposition, Quantum Entanglement, Time, Reality/Actuality....
... matter happens in discrete quanta (particle physics) ... energy happens in discrete quanta (quantum mechanics) ... why not time? ... that is, if entropy defines the arrow of time and entropy is the disordering of the universe and the disordering of the universe can only occur in terms of discrete quanta, doesn't that imply that (the arrow of) time can only happen in discrete quanta? ... and does the act of observing one particle of an entangled set result in an increase in entropy? ... and if so, does that mean that the (interesting) interactions of an entangled set cannot occur in zero time? (or does this qualify as "The only time it would take for quantum computing would be the delay then, when matter to matter data carrying was going on ..."
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| Re: Superposition, Quantum Entanglement, Time, Reality/Actuality....
Hmm.... I think it would be a decrease in entropy if you look at its second definition. Lol, the ambiguity. entropy - Definitions from Dictionary.com But I suppose that entropy doesn't apply b/c is seems less like a thermodynamic system. However the randomness decreases and in relation to society there is a ot more order which would not mean decline. In terms of the amount of energy available, when photons are entangled I doubt they share energy so there will be no potential energy, because all particles are acting paralleled to one another. |
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| Re: Superposition, Quantum Entanglement, Time, Reality/Actuality.... ... what in this universe isn't a thermodynamic system ... anyhoo, going with definition 1b, if a set of particles are entangled is that system of particles not more ordered than a set of particles that are not entangled? ... asked another way, does it not require energy to entangle particles? - and if so, is that energy lost as "heat" during the entanglement process or is it stored as potential energy within the entangled set? (or both?) ...
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| Re: Superposition, Quantum Entanglement, Time, Reality/Actuality....
Well I think that what you are saying here is contradicting assumptions you've stated earlier. Sorry. You are right that order is increased if particles entangled. But energy is not lost as heat because entanglement , I doubt anyways, requires heat energy transfer. Entanglement is immaterialistic such that what follows would make sense to be a different form of energy. Actually to be fair, I'll do a bit of research on the matter. |
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| Re: Superposition, Quantum Entanglement, Time, Reality/Actuality.... ... I'll try to connect things better - if it requires energy to entangle particles (which I think it does), and if the energy required to entangle particles is stored in the entanglement as potential energy (which I think it might be), and the act of observing one particle of an entangled set disentangles the set (which I think I remember reading somewhere), thus reducing the order in the set of particles in question and releasing the potential energy of the entanglement (as heat?), can't we say that the act of observing one particle of an entangled set results in an increase in entropy? ...
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| Re: Superposition, Quantum Entanglement, Time, Reality/Actuality....
Yes, ofcourse. And yes it would require energy to entangle particles, by means of getting them in a state in which they can be entangled but it is a questions of what kind of potential energy do photons carry. I think anyways, I'm definitely no expert on any of this, just fun to speculate. Your coherence is better than mine. I've realised its a miracle I understand my own posts. |
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| Re: Superposition, Quantum Entanglement, Time, Reality/Actuality....
I realize that an electron is the same as another electron. But an apple is never the same. This is because the apple can be divided into distinct parts that are not put together the exact same way. And this is because the apple did not come to be the same way as any other apple. There are minor differences for each phenomenon of creating an apple, thus the parts to the apple will vary in formation, shape, and other characteristics. So I can say that all electrons come to be the same way if they are absolutely congruent to each other. But what I don't understand is, does coordinates count? Two electrons are not in the same place at once. Does this prove that the universe is infinite and therefore making coordinates undefined. Matter does not give relative points when the true underlying relation between a piece of matter and the universe itself is matter and its dimension. So what we must deal with is a particle with a dimension that can't be defined in order for the entanglement to be created between two particles that are able to essentially apply forces upon eachother from relative distances, directly. An undefined dimension is simply not 3D, as far as I can picture it. So the particles that are used for quantum entanglement cannot be matter. This must be why they use photons because they aren't really matter. But I don't know about this stuff, so . ![]() I'm basically trying to say that dimension and pure states are important for such a process as entanglement.
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| Re: Superposition, Quantum Entanglement, Time, Reality/Actuality....
... if I remember correctly from a little bit of reading years back, when two electrons are entangled their "spin" is synchronized (in a quantum-probability kind of way) ... that is, you don't know what the spin of the electrons is - you just know that it's synchronized ... the trick to "spooky action at a distance" is that if you then put one of the entangled pair on one side of the universe and the other of the entangled pair on the other side of the universe and then observe the first electron you thus collapse the quantum wave associated with the entanglement and the second electron instantaneously takes on the observed spin of the first electron ... this action is "spooky" in at least two ways: 1) the information of what spin to assume is transmitted across the universe instantaneously (way faster than light), and 2) a human observer is required to collapse the quantum wave (if a tree fell in the forest and there was no one around to hear it, would it make a sound?) ... is "spin" a dimension? - I'm not sure, but I don't recall the invocation of any new dimensions in the description of electron entanglement (but that may just be my lousy memory!).
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| Re: Superposition, Quantum Entanglement, Time, Reality/Actuality....
Well this changes everything. I thought only photons were entangled. Oh well. Sure it wasn't photons you were reading about? Usually, when two distant objects are to have potential on eachother by applying a force on one another, because they are distant relatively speaking, a force is indirectly applied to the other object. So other objects are going to be influenced slightly by the original force that are in the way, carrying the energy, I think anyways. lol, this is blind input from a grade 11 physics course. In space you cannot push another person indirectly because there are no other objects in the way to carry the force(as energy). But you can contact the person and apply a force upon that person, also creating an opposite force. (So both people would be pushed away from eachother, not that it pertains to this). And with entangled particles, they are indirectly having potential on one another. In your scenario if an electron is spinning the entangled electron will also spin the same way. Force indirectly applied but not influencing any other objects, so really, its directly applied. But still, directly applied seems only possible with objects in contact. It seems that a force can only be relayed by means of unbound energy, and has potential only to bound energy (matter). Entanglement seems like an exception though. This is to sum things up to help me out if it seems redundant to you, sorry. So what allows for direct flow of a force to be caused between spatially indirect objects? A force is sent from the past, carried on through the present by means of energy. Force is a means of causality to appear intrinsic to the universe, and in construsion with time, dimension situates force. That is my feeling of the matter. And what is force other than information then? It is the past being that it is information, so the nature of force is instant, when potentiating as the present, such force is carried as energy, so time affects it, and occurs as a duration? And so, entangled particles are still relaying information, causing force upon each other but energy is the same within each other, so opposite reactions do not apply? Energy is not at all in motion, so time is not a variable. Honestly, I have no clue. I suppose that entanglement advocates for M theory in that one could assume a need for more dimensions for the entanglement process to occur inhibiting the normal causal flow of information as potential. But I don't think that we need more dimensions. Perhaps information relaying is different when applying it to particles that are not bound energy. Bound energy requires a conversion to unbound energy to carry its own information, its own integers. Or at least, it requires unbound energy carried from bound to bound energy (particle to particle; of matter). I think that my speculating is just too uninformed to be reasonable, so I'm sure you'd know more than me. I'll stop now.
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