“Groundbreaking tests of quantum mechanics conducted between 1980 and 1982 … provided definitive answers to the famous Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) paradox and cemented quantum non-locality.” — Google A.I. summary
An original version of the paradoxical situation was stated by Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen in 1936. Nobody knew quite what to make of it… Science is supposed to get incrementally more correct over time, but in this interesting case it got incrementally less correct…
Spin is an odd property because it’s 2-dimensional. Something that is 2-dimensional is not like something that is flat… in truth, there is nothing in our visible universe that’s 2-dimensional because everything we measure with 3-dimensional instruments has three dimensions.
Yet, as it turns out, spin really is 2-dimensional, and all of the electrons, protons, and neutrons in the universe carry this 2-dimensional property.
Something Between Arrogance and Lack of Judgement
Medieval Necromancy
Overconfident Mathematics
It’s Not a Paradox, It’s a Problem
The Details of the Paradox
No One Understands Spin
Solution of the Problem
What Will Be the Consequence?
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