From: droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com   
      
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   "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)"  wrote:   
      
   > 	Silly idea, but the collapse of the wave-state tells you what specific   
   > spin (?) a given particle has, correct?   
      
   Incorrect.  The observed behavior is that entangled properties really   
   *are* in a superposition of states (e.g., single photons interfere   
   with themselves).  As far as we can (currently) tell, they have no   
   “specific” value, and that makes for the “spooky action at a distance”   
   when observing one half also sets the state of the other half.   
      
   Whatever the mechanism, as we understand it that means it simply   
   cannot be used for FTL communication.  But it can be used for things   
   like encryption, because shared random values like that are still   
   very useful as a one-time pad.  Any hopes at FTL communication relies   
   on a deeper understanding of how quantum mechanics works, or some   
   other completely new laws of physics.   
      
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