IP: re: teleportation?

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> From:   Peter Winkler [mailto:pw@research.bell-labs.com]
> Sent:   Thursday, September 27, 2001 5:59 PM
> Subject:        Re: FW: teleportation?
>
> Richard---
> Just to set the record straight, sending messages without sending particles
> (or faster than the speed of light) is exactly what you CAN'T do with
> quantum entanglement.  Entanglement produces apparent violations of
> causality, known as the EPR paradox, but you can't transfer info that way;
> the laws of quantum mechanics forbid it.  Reporters often get this wrong.
> Not that they aren't doing good things in Aarhus...but entangling a trillion
> particles is one thing, entangling them in a specific way (and reading the
> state), which is what you want for quantum computing, quite another.
> ---your loyal debunker, Pete



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