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> which means they share a quantum connection enabling instant correlations, no matter the distance

But per your response this is not true, i.e. information transmission is still limited by the speed of light?


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amy-petrik-21411/08/2024

it's mostly used for crypto if I measure X here then I know the other guy will measure Y, and that is instant. But I can't force a measurement of 0 or 1 for X so as to force the Y (i.e communication).

So this means there is common knowledge of some random vector 01101010101 but nature decides the vector randomly, not humans, not communication.

You might get clever and say "aha! if I measured or not can be the communication" and that's true. The way you measure that is to see if your particle is in a superposition state or no. You shoot the entangled photon through a double slit and see if a wave-like pattern occurs, in which case we're still in a superposition and our communicator has not measured, or if it's two lines they have measured. "measured or not" thus is our "bit" that has been communicated instantly.

So the answer is kind of yes and know. At face value instant communication is not possible. Adding a quantum superposition detection device, then yes, such a device's readout may be used for Ender's game style ansible communication.

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