
Technical/Scientific
Quantum entanglement is a possible property of a quantum mechanical state of a system of two or more objects in which the quantum states of the constituting objects are linked together so that one object can no longer be adequately described without full mention of its counterpart — even though the individual objects may be spatially separated. This interconnection leads to non-classical correlations between observable physical properties of remote systems, often referred to as nonlocal correlations. For example, quantum mechanics holds that observables such as spin are indeterminate until such time as some physical intervention is made to measure the spin of the object in question. In the singlet state of two spins it is equally likely that any given particle will be observed to be spin-up as that it will be spin-down. Measuring any number of particles will result in an unpredictable series of measures that will tend more and more closely to half up and half down. However, if this experiment is done with entangled particles the results are quite different. When two members of an entangled pair are measured, one will always be spin-up and the other will be spin-down. The distance between the two particles is irrelevant.
Spiritual
- Shows interesting promise for supporting the metaphysical idea that "we are one" - Unity via mass entanglement.
- May provide the beginnings of a way to scientifically quantify Psi Phenomena due to the possibility that consciousness could use entanglement to gather information from far away sources.