Quantum Entanglement & Spooky Action at a Distance

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  • čas přidán 27. 04. 2024
  • Does quantum entanglement make faster-than-light communication possible?
    What is NOT random? bit.ly/NOTrandoVe
    First, I know this video is not easy to understand. Thank you for taking the time to attempt to understand it. I've been working on this for over six months over which time my understanding has improved. Quantum entanglement and spooky action at a distance are still debated by professors of quantum physics (I know because I discussed this topic with two of them).
    Does hidden information (called hidden variables by physicists) exist? If it does, the experiment violating Bell inequalities indicates that hidden variables must update faster than light - they would be considered 'non-local'. On the other hand if you don't consider the spins before you make the measurement then you could simply say hidden variables don't exist and whenever you measure spins in the same direction you always get opposite results, which makes sense since angular momentum must be conserved in the universe.
    Everyone agrees that quantum entanglement does not allow information to be transmitted faster that light. There is no action either detector operator could take to signal the other one - regardless of the choice of measurement direction, the measured spins are random with 50/50 probability of up/down.
    Special thanks to:
    Prof. Stephen Bartlett, University of Sydney: bit.ly/1xSosoJ
    Prof. John Preskill, Caltech: bit.ly/1y8mJut
    Looking Glass Universe: bit.ly/17zZH7l
    Physics Girl: bit.ly/PhysGirl
    MinutePhysics: bit.ly/MinPhys
    Community Channel: bit.ly/CommChannel
    Nigel, Helen, Luke, and Simon for comments on earlier drafts of this video.
    Filmed in part by Scott Lewis: google.com/+scottlewis
    Music by Amarante "One Last Time": bit.ly/VeAmarante

Komentáře • 9K

  • @shantanuraikwar4580
    @shantanuraikwar4580 Před 4 lety +6094

    "To understand spin, imagine a ball which is spinning, except it's not spinning and it's not a ball."

    • @lovor01
      @lovor01 Před 4 lety +299

      It is a property of a particle. We do not observe it in our macro world, so we do not have a word for it. So they called it a spin because it was the most appropriate word they could think of. It is hard to explain something you cannot observe by your senses, only the experiments give you information about it.

    • @arrrryyy
      @arrrryyy Před 4 lety +68

      It’s easier than you may think. Mathematically if particles would have initially coordinate their spins it would give different result as opposed to what happens in reality. Meaning, if you throw a tennis ball on the wall on 60 degrees and the pair of that ball must behave exactly opposite then it should be 60/90 times or 2/3 of the time. If they calculate several possibilities of it like if 75 degrees 75/90 vs 25/90 etc then they compare it with what really happens it gives different result. If expected opposite percentage of spin is not equal to actual percentage measured in different angles of measurement then particles don’t have predetermined coordination. The only argument against thus may be that our math is incorrect, meaning math or probability as we perceive is completely irrelevant in this case. And I think Einstein could argue his case too. If there’s no specific “one” in this case then how can we say what would we expect from particles in the first place if they talked with each other before measuring. One particle can be on different places at the same time. There’s no one and zero in quantum physics, there’s no math here so talking about probability makes no sense.

    • @ananyasrivastava5128
      @ananyasrivastava5128 Před 4 lety +16

      holy crap !

    • @abdullamasud4278
      @abdullamasud4278 Před 4 lety +11

      @@johnphantom Can you make some kind of video or picture explanation of that thing. I am quite intrigued but I don't think I understand it properly. A video or picture will definitely help! Thank you!

    • @johnphantom
      @johnphantom Před 4 lety +16

      @@abdullamasud4278 I think the best way to visualise it would be to model the simple calculator in Minecraft. Unfortunately, I know nothing about that application. I am looking for someone to help me.

  • @xXPvPSkillerXx
    @xXPvPSkillerXx Před 6 lety +4482

    i am in a superposition of understanding this video and not understanding it at the same time...

    • @pegatrisedmice
      @pegatrisedmice Před 5 lety +117

      I got collapsed at not understanding it 100% of the time

    • @pegatrisedmice
      @pegatrisedmice Před 5 lety +18

      nvm i get it now

    • @diorynovis
      @diorynovis Před 5 lety +6

      Hahaha

    • @ClikcerProductions
      @ClikcerProductions Před 5 lety +18

      Angular momentum is always conserved in the universe. Fundamental particles have angular momentum. As far as we can tell Quantum mechanics is inherently probabilistic so when you measure the angular momentum of a fundamental particle the result is random. When these two meet it seems that for angular momentum to always be conserved in the universe when the angular momentum of a particle is found another particle must change to be opposite of what it is, other wise angular momentum would change ever so slightly, and this is what we do observe with particles that are Quantum entangled i.e. the pair that change to always be opposites

    • @jvincent6548
      @jvincent6548 Před 5 lety +31

      I just checked and your wave function of all possible states collapsed into a single state: you don't understand it.

  • @bengriffiths9631
    @bengriffiths9631 Před 2 lety +1084

    I remember watching this video when it was released as a first year uni student. Now I work with quantum entanglement on a daily basis and this video was one of the things that piqued my interest in this field

    • @GoodVibes-pj9wd
      @GoodVibes-pj9wd Před 2 lety +3

      Quantum physics is the truth of universe and lie of human consciousness saying that it does not need any observer or audience it knows its nature and truth

    • @GoodVibes-pj9wd
      @GoodVibes-pj9wd Před 2 lety +22

      Specially in quantum entanglement universe is constant it knows what is up or down so where ever the particles go their nature is pre determined its just us making it complicated by knowing it after so many years of evolution

    • @buzz092
      @buzz092 Před 2 lety +6

      That's awesome

    • @JM-us3fr
      @JM-us3fr Před 2 lety +10

      Aye, good for you man. I remembered when I first saw this video I thought to myself how crazy it is that we were even able to test hidden variables vs. quantum stuff. It was so abstract, and yet the experiment basically settles it. Kind of awesome

    • @joostvanrens
      @joostvanrens Před 2 lety +13

      @@GoodVibes-pj9wd ehm.... What?

  • @RahimRahmat
    @RahimRahmat Před měsícem +18

    I just sat down, listen intently to the contents of this video, and suddenly 9 minutes have passed without me knowing it and the video ends. What a brilliant presentation.

  • @asp4497
    @asp4497 Před 3 lety +3552

    The particles may not be actually spinning but my head certainly is.

    • @nancyjoseph9962
      @nancyjoseph9962 Před 2 lety +12

      Lol

    • @sabeehilyas8866
      @sabeehilyas8866 Před 2 lety +15

      Oooh Boy... It surely did....

    • @tempestive1
      @tempestive1 Před 2 lety +14

      If you said otherwise you'd probably be misunderstanding something :p

    • @DJBillionator
      @DJBillionator Před 2 lety +5

      Another applicable principal to spooky would be "vibes". Ever "vibed" with someone or say the same thing at the same time? That's one other application to spooky.

    • @RaviThakoer
      @RaviThakoer Před 2 lety +6

      So what's the use of "spin"?

  • @tiqvahone
    @tiqvahone Před 4 lety +1371

    He lost me when he said "They're not actually spinning of course, they just have angular momentum and direction".

    • @edwardofgreene
      @edwardofgreene Před 4 lety +93

      Yeah. I needed further explanation on that one.
      Still do.

    • @Hexanitrobenzene
      @Hexanitrobenzene Před 4 lety +64

      @Smit Shilpatul
      Point objects ? I thought electron radius is on the order of 10^-17 m and also there are no actual material points in physics ?

    • @Golden_Projects
      @Golden_Projects Před 3 lety +47

      @@Hexanitrobenzene there are no points kn physics, but there are en quantum mechanics, they're called quarks

    • @elena6516
      @elena6516 Před 3 lety +15

      I think the difference can be described as the orbit of the earth around the sun and it’s daily revolution. Both are a type of spin; I think he means to say the spin of the particles is more like that of earth’s annual revolution

    • @skiwnaze1500
      @skiwnaze1500 Před 3 lety +6

      @Smit Shilpatul so they are like packets of angular momentum?

  • @sinny_rl8845
    @sinny_rl8845 Před 2 lety +43

    I remember watching this video when it came out back when I had just finished primary school, I barely understood anything. Now rewatching it, as I'm in the midst of my Quantum Mechanics course in Uni, it's both nostalgic and satisfying finally being able to make sense of these concepts. Amazing video, thank you!

    • @justapassie3844
      @justapassie3844 Před 2 lety +2

      Awww~ I really really really admire QM students 🥰🤩 You're epic~

    • @PDBisht
      @PDBisht Před rokem

      In 6 yrs you jumped from primary school to university like how?

    • @itiso1123
      @itiso1123 Před rokem +2

      @@PDBisht in Europe when we say primary school we often mean primary and middle school so from "i just finished primary school" I think he meant something like just beggining High School
      And in my country high School is 3/4 Years so it is possible to get into University after 4/5 Years of finishing "primary school"

    • @itiso1123
      @itiso1123 Před rokem

      @@PDBisht at least thats what I've been taught and seen being used

    • @PDBisht
      @PDBisht Před rokem

      @@itiso1123 ah! I see here primary usually means 1-5 years of school after doing your pre-school and then 5 years of middle school after that 2 years of high school then only you'll able to enroll in college/university..

  • @johannaverplank4858
    @johannaverplank4858 Před rokem +20

    I've always struggled to understand the experiments you mentioned regarding measuring entangled particles, and I found your visual representations to be very helpful.

  • @JerseySlayer
    @JerseySlayer Před 3 lety +1521

    I've watched this explained 50 times, 50 different ways, and I still only understand 50% of it.
    And for some reason, it's still interesting.

    • @noisywan
      @noisywan Před 3 lety +29

      Still sounds like a telemarketing video trying to sell you some useless product.

    • @OvoJeGovno
      @OvoJeGovno Před 3 lety +42

      You understand it and not understand it at the same time

    • @nothingmuch1129
      @nothingmuch1129 Před 3 lety +55

      @@OvoJeGovno shrodinger's understanding

    • @lolmanittakesguts
      @lolmanittakesguts Před 3 lety +4

      I have been trying to get a grasp on quantum entanglement for a while now, I still don't think I understand any of it.

    • @missbond7345
      @missbond7345 Před 3 lety +16

      @@OvoJeGovno thats cos there was one universe in which you understand it and another one where you dont :) you are just superimposed now ;-)

  • @markmd9
    @markmd9 Před 6 lety +754

    In order to understand that we don't understand entanglement, we should first understand that we don't understand spin.

    • @stupidrainbo
      @stupidrainbo Před 5 lety +37

      In order to understand, we must disunderstand.

    • @themarchoftime3691
      @themarchoftime3691 Před 5 lety +1

      @@stupidrainbo is this xavier angel renegade?

    • @Trollificusv2
      @Trollificusv2 Před 5 lety +12

      @@stupidrainbo But somehow, our disunderstandment must be entangled with a "clearly understood" state. Preferably a "charmed bottom" state. Heh.

    • @stupidrainbo
      @stupidrainbo Před 5 lety +2

      @@Trollificusv2 Charmed bottom... heh

    • @slappy8941
      @slappy8941 Před 4 lety +5

      Understanding how much you don't understand is the first step in understanding.

  • @Sander1678
    @Sander1678 Před 2 lety +66

    It's very complicated but I find this fascinating. It's one of those educational video's that you need to watch a couple of times before you start to understand.

    • @ZaydaHerrera
      @ZaydaHerrera Před 7 měsíci +1

      Im not understanding :(

    • @anatolyr3589
      @anatolyr3589 Před 5 měsíci

      for real, how a particle can "give spin up for every measurement direction" by definition.. it's doesn't make sense..

    • @Aliena92
      @Aliena92 Před 3 měsíci +1

      and then try to explain this to someone but fail

  • @apoorvaupadhyay3753
    @apoorvaupadhyay3753 Před rokem +9

    Watching this video after the Nobel for Physics got announced. Gives me a basic idea of Quantum entanglement.

  • @matteloht
    @matteloht Před 7 lety +1495

    Heisenberg and Schrödinger get pulled over for speeding.
    The cop asks Heisenberg "Do you know how fast you were going?"
    Heisenberg replies, "No, but we know exactly where we are!"
    The officer looks at him confused and says "you were going 108 miles per hour!"
    Heisenberg throws his arms up and cries, "Great! Now we're lost!"
    The officer looks over the car and asks Schrödinger if the two men have anything in the trunk.
    "A cat," Schrödinger replies.
    The cop opens the trunk and yells "Hey! This cat is dead."
    Schrödinger angrily replies, "Well he is now."

    • @missd7886
      @missd7886 Před 5 lety +17

      HAhahaahha

    • @edwardwoods2991
      @edwardwoods2991 Před 5 lety +45

      Very clever QM joke.

    • @sivaforutube
      @sivaforutube Před 5 lety +54

      @Brett Dawson Cop shoots the cat, Schrodinger sues the City for unlawful death and wins case. Cop becomes lunatic

    • @betaneptune
      @betaneptune Před 5 lety +88

      @fly med I never heard it before! So I'm okay with it. Hey, how about people who were born after the 1960s? They shouldn't hear it because you already have?

    • @jackfenn7524
      @jackfenn7524 Před 5 lety +9

      And of course, the cop THEN says, "Well, you do have a SPARE cat in your trunk, don't you?"

  • @JackMcClauren
    @JackMcClauren Před 5 lety +648

    "In order to understand it we must first understand spin. All fundamental particles have a property called spin. No, they're not actually spinning." You lost me. (0:41)

    • @aricohn5316
      @aricohn5316 Před 5 lety +49

      I looked up angular momentum in Wikipedia, and it had an still image of a gyroscope, spinning.

    • @mike814031
      @mike814031 Před 5 lety +48

      I'm also a little confused about how they have an angular momentum without spinning... I thought you needed one to have the other

    • @danilooliveira6580
      @danilooliveira6580 Před 5 lety +48

      the problem is that the particle doesn't have a physical form, so it can't really spin, but it still have angular momentum.

    • @Trollificusv2
      @Trollificusv2 Před 5 lety +31

      They may not have spin, but they are charming.

    • @SF-li9kh
      @SF-li9kh Před 4 lety +9

      Why not? The moon will have angular momentum because it revolves around the earth (even if it does not spin around its own axis)

  • @ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958

    Thank You so much for the short but very clear explanation at the end about why faster than light communication is impossible using entanglement. I finally understand something I have been trying to understand for years.

  • @sragvit8014
    @sragvit8014 Před 2 lety +29

    This video is straight fuego 🔥. Veritasium always explains things so clearly and carefully. I'm so grateful for all these dope science educators on yt so I can keep learning even after graduating. Cheers!

  • @SkillUp
    @SkillUp Před 4 lety +2020

    I understood everything up to 00:01

  • @Tummamu
    @Tummamu Před 3 lety +718

    "Spooky spinning particles, send shivers down my spine." - Albert Einstein

    • @minemasterSAM
      @minemasterSAM Před rokem +7

      This needs more likes😂

    • @augustoluis6888
      @augustoluis6888 Před rokem +12

      We're so sorry particles you're so misunderstood 🎶

    • @Poi-9o9
      @Poi-9o9 Před rokem +4

      The gem of a comment hidden from the world-

    • @sussusamogus8860
      @sussusamogus8860 Před rokem +7

      finally, a true quote from albert einstein.

    • @niks660097
      @niks660097 Před rokem

      albert didn't like small particles, but ironically he got nobel for it..

  • @coatiguriguazu
    @coatiguriguazu Před 2 lety +210

    I like the idea of living in a "probabilistic" universe that just gets concrete when things are measured. So, this entangled particles don't need to exchange any information. It's just the observer who, by measuring the spin of one of them, enters into a specific universe in which the other particle is (and always has been) consistent with the measured one.

    • @sambennett996
      @sambennett996 Před 2 lety +17

      Superposition baby

    • @bomination.
      @bomination. Před rokem +1

      the "spin" is a mathematical ASSUMPTION not based on observation .
      this is NOT science , it is invention to fill the gaps in our understanding .

    • @bobbyg.6939
      @bobbyg.6939 Před rokem +40

      @@sambennett996 I googled what you said for clarification and kept finding results of "babies" and "gender" and "quantum physics"...then I realized "baby" wasn't part of the term. 🤭

    • @sonoflightbernuri6616
      @sonoflightbernuri6616 Před rokem

      @@sambennett996 pls check my comment on this video. thanks

    • @Hybred
      @Hybred Před rokem +14

      This view isn't as feasible as living in an idealistic world, it's an odd suggestion in favor of materialism that in order to be possible there has to be multiple earths with every single different probability and combination existing on it. But there are billions of billions of humans, with trillions and trillions of cells, all of which go through this same process. Meaning their are billions times billions times billions times trillions of other earths, which is a much more convoluted answer than something that can simply just be explained by idealism which is that reality is a mental construct and doesn't exist independent of observation.

  • @sheetalmadi336
    @sheetalmadi336 Před rokem +3

    INCREDIBLE VIDEO!!!!!!! I knew this was not going to be easy to understand. So I cleared my mind, sat back relaxed, and gave all my brain to understand this and also watched it 3 times, and I am really happy to totally understand what all you said. For me, It was my first video about the Quantum entanglement and you did a perfect job in keeping me enthusiastic about this SPOOKY topic ;D

    • @yoyoman_blue6485
      @yoyoman_blue6485 Před rokem +2

      I totally agree with you man, I’ve watched it years ago and didn’t understand well but I came back more intelligent and now I totally was able to understand him, I had to pause and rewind so many times 😂

  • @prashantmishra7507
    @prashantmishra7507 Před 4 lety +2131

    "If you think you've understood quantum mechanics, then congratulations, you've not understood quantum mechanics"
    - Richard Feynman

    • @ALEX-gr7dx
      @ALEX-gr7dx Před 4 lety +134

      He doesn't give congratulation for not understanding something. Be precise when using quotes.

    • @jacksoukup5442
      @jacksoukup5442 Před 4 lety +6

      God, I love that guy.

    • @ananyasrivastava5128
      @ananyasrivastava5128 Před 4 lety +8

      hehe...is this statement real ?

    • @ALEX-gr7dx
      @ALEX-gr7dx Před 4 lety +111

      @@ananyasrivastava5128 It goes like this. If you think you understand quantum mechanics you have not understood quantum mechanics. Quantum mechanics we can do but to understand its weird nature is not easy for our deterministic brain.

    • @sohamraut7229
      @sohamraut7229 Před 3 lety +4

      Yeah you just made your life more spooky.. like Sir Einstein.

  • @jjathan6939
    @jjathan6939 Před 7 lety +356

    the spooky thing is, you're using yourself as a particle

  • @Memnoch_the_Devil
    @Memnoch_the_Devil Před rokem +1

    I was literally just watching Only Lovers Left Alive again yesterday and them talking about Entanglement Theory and Einstein’s Spooky Action at a Distance and was trying to look up information on it yesterday but every description I found went over my head.
    In sweeps Veritasium to save the day once again!! Lol
    You rule bro. Keep it up!!

  • @meingutername2158
    @meingutername2158 Před rokem +1

    I had studied physics and did not receive such a good explanation during studies. In particular the bell experiment and why there are hidden constants. In the video it is a bit fast (should watch 75% speed 2 times and pause and ponder) but still extremely good. It is not easy, but essential, and the explanation is to the point.

  • @markomus1
    @markomus1 Před 8 lety +1062

    Particleman... Particleman... does whatever a particle can. Spins around...up or down. Gets entangled. Traverses town...

  • @pollytheparrot46
    @pollytheparrot46 Před 8 lety +1302

    I don't understand any of this, but since it's technically teaching me something, I don't feel bad about not starting my paper on Shakespeare.

    • @veritasium
      @veritasium  Před 8 lety +139

      +Polly The Parrot that's what I call productination!

    • @beefcake5857
      @beefcake5857 Před 8 lety +6

      +Veritasium how is this paradox different in principle from spinning a coin and immediately knowing the other side is tails/heads? Or spinning two coins with only one face each and looking at one of them?

    • @betaneptune
      @betaneptune Před 8 lety +3

      +beefcake It's different because there is no way you can pre-assign the spin of each particle to get the experimental results for all possible orientations of your spin detector. If the detectors were always in the same direction you'd have a valid point. But they are not. When you "do the math" you end up with the Bell inequality. If the inequality is violated, hidden variables (the pre-assigning of the frequencies of all possible outcomes for all possible detector orientations) are ruled out. Experimentally it's violated, which means it's spooky. And QM correctly predicts the results.

    • @fatlizzard19
      @fatlizzard19 Před 8 lety +6

      +Polly The Parrot at least you are educating yourself about something that passes most people by without notice instead of learning about old texts that have no real need in today's modern times

    • @pollytheparrot46
      @pollytheparrot46 Před 8 lety +1

      Brunneis Ursus Hey, careful what you say about Shakespeare. I wouldn't say there's no need for his works in modern times. Most are antiquated and boring, but he's the father of entertainment. If you're going to study acting or playwriting, you need to understand the origins of the field (That apples to screenwriting, too).

  • @youpviver6773
    @youpviver6773 Před 2 lety +1

    i did a high school project about this exact thing last year, this video came to a better conclusion and was far more understandable than any of the reseach i did over a couple months. thanks for explaining the thing i was meant to explain myself some time ago, i finaly have at least some grasp of how this works now, because even after the project i was still completely clueless on the logic behind it all.

    • @playingsolos
      @playingsolos Před 11 měsíci

      The thing to appreciate is that you tried

  • @freekvonk8586
    @freekvonk8586 Před 2 lety +25

    Einstein was a real OG, I can't wait for a Zweistein

    • @yrk06
      @yrk06 Před 2 lety

      Dreistein is the real pro

    • @LifelinkTV
      @LifelinkTV Před 2 lety

      Underrated comment.

  • @anismatar
    @anismatar Před 7 lety +358

    I understood 50% of this, and didn't understand 100% of it, so now I too can claim I know a thing or two about quantum mechanics.

    • @aqouby
      @aqouby Před 7 lety +11

      Cool! So how do you create an entangled pair?

    • @josgeerink9434
      @josgeerink9434 Před 7 lety +18

      +aqouby 42

    • @aqouby
      @aqouby Před 7 lety +10

      Jos Geerink You get an A+

    • @powerhcm8
      @powerhcm8 Před 7 lety +10

      You could say that you have quantum knowledge and by measuring you are changing it, so no tests for you only A+.

    • @PetruVasileAvram
      @PetruVasileAvram Před 7 lety +10

      Crazy llama CZcams comments on science videos are some of the most civilized. It makes you even regain hope for humanity

  • @AMorgan57
    @AMorgan57 Před 3 lety +125

    When the words "the opposite random" entered my brain, it exploded.

  • @nanbera14
    @nanbera14 Před 8 měsíci

    Thank you! I’ve watched countless videos trying to understand why we can’t just assume they spin opposite from the get go, and finally I understand.

  • @TechRedstone
    @TechRedstone Před 2 lety +1

    this is the first time ive been able to understand why this doesnt allow for faster than light communication, good job man!

  • @demolitionwilliams
    @demolitionwilliams Před 5 lety +457

    The fact that there's a viable market for this video means I'm dumber than I'd hoped

    • @Rotceev
      @Rotceev Před 4 lety +11

      nooo, maybe you just dont understand fully the market? :)

    • @mattstevens4192
      @mattstevens4192 Před 4 lety +5

      Why did you hope to be dumb at all, in the first place? ( being exact with the English language on, “I’m dumber than I’d hoped” means you had a hopeful thought on being dumb.lol).

    • @martinclark6952
      @martinclark6952 Před 4 lety +3

      @@mattstevens4192 it could mean that he had hoped to understand spin but doesn't so he is dumber than he hoped. if you understand spin, you're pretty smart.

    • @heisenmountainb6854
      @heisenmountainb6854 Před 4 lety

      yes

    • @Ezio-Auditore94
      @Ezio-Auditore94 Před 4 lety +3

      @@mattstevens4192 bc he's being modest by assuming he was dumb all the time, but not "that dumb" assuming that and making the conclusion about the market of this video actually makes him smarter than he thinks he is. It is the not-dumb actually smart person that maybe don't realize he's smart dilemma.
      Sort of

  • @derekdufon5069
    @derekdufon5069 Před 5 lety +1748

    I have no idea what this guy is saying. This must be how my mom feels when I try to explain how her iPhone works.

  • @DrGIzmoBRad
    @DrGIzmoBRad Před rokem

    Many thanks for your explanation of Bells theorem regarding quantum theory as it leaves me finally understanding what's really going on.

  • @Frogieder
    @Frogieder Před rokem

    Finally a good explanation of why there's no hidden information. This question bothered me for quite some time, now it makes perfect sense, thank you

  • @kavi9596
    @kavi9596 Před 3 lety +317

    This is the best explanation I've seen of Bell's theorem, excellent video

    • @harshvardhan4766
      @harshvardhan4766 Před 2 lety

      also minutephysics

    • @user-ug8sm7uh4t
      @user-ug8sm7uh4t Před rokem +1

      can you help me to finding anything that connects me to the original RAIF technology. disease (metastatic cancer)

  • @Appleholic1
    @Appleholic1 Před 8 lety +251

    It's confusing no matter how you spin it.

  • @kkandthegirls6363
    @kkandthegirls6363 Před 2 lety

    This is the best explanation of spin I've ever seen. Thank you!

  • @StephenC555
    @StephenC555 Před 2 lety +3

    Wow, that is a very smart experience, making use of the both quantum physics and probability... Thanks for sharing!

  • @psyphy
    @psyphy Před 4 lety +187

    Quantum mechanics is spooky and often feels like sci-fi. That's why it's so interesting.

  • @veritasium
    @veritasium  Před 9 lety +809

    Thank you to those trying to make sense of this! For clarification:
    1. We know the entangled particles must have undefined spins before we measure them because if they didn't they would sometimes give the same spin when measured in a direction perpendicular to their well-defined spins (and they never do).
    2. We know the entangled particles can't have hidden information all along about which spin they will give in different directions because if they did we would measure different results at the two detectors >5/9ths of the time and we don't - we only get different results 50% of the time.
    3. We can't use this behaviour to communicate faster than light because we can only pick the direction to measure in, we can't force the spin to be up or down - and it will be random with 50/50 probability. When the two detectors pick the same direction to measure in the results at one detector will be random but the opposite random of those measured at the other detector, which is a bit spooky.

    • @skellious
      @skellious Před 9 lety +52

      However we CAN use it to generate perfect infinite one-time pads. So from a cryptography standpoint it's useful.

    • @iviadables9482
      @iviadables9482 Před 9 lety +1

      What is Factor Relativ to Asymmetry unity??

    • @isaacheaton1805
      @isaacheaton1805 Před 9 lety +13

      As its a 50 50 percent chance we cant use the data of up or down but they still gets data so using time intervals we can. a 1 is two ups or downs with a gap after and a 0 is one up or down with a gap after therefore it doesnt matter if its up or down
      Can anyone see any problems

    • @epistax4
      @epistax4 Před 9 lety +12

      isaac heaton It is true that random information is data, but the data in this case isn't originating on either side. We can't tell a particle to be measured a certain way. Even if we had an agreement on which way we should measure them (and in what order), there's no way to impact what the other side sees.

    • @Frosty14748
      @Frosty14748 Před 9 lety +15

      THIS video will REVOLUTIONIZE education!

  • @danberm1755
    @danberm1755 Před rokem +11

    Once again, you've explained it better than anyone 😁
    Thanks 👍

  • @toddsmith4280
    @toddsmith4280 Před rokem +32

    I think if you substitute the word synchronized for entanglement and the word possibility for superposition, it is much easier to understand.

    • @fayensu
      @fayensu Před rokem +5

      I agree. Some time ago I took to calling them "synced particles."

    • @SimplyBergman
      @SimplyBergman Před rokem

      I was thinking the same thing. The world "entanglement" is misleading.

    • @honeycomb7652
      @honeycomb7652 Před rokem

      @@SimplyBergman True, it makes it sound like it is a bunch of mixed-up iPhone chargers

  • @buddhamack1491
    @buddhamack1491 Před 4 lety +63

    Now I just need a video explaining this video

  • @WelshGuitarDude
    @WelshGuitarDude Před 9 lety +257

    I really wish there was a good video explanation of what a particle spin is....ive never understood it.

    • @veritasium
      @veritasium  Před 9 lety +142

      and no one really does... That's the problem. Particles have angular momentum and direction but they're not really spinning like a classical object.

    • @WelshGuitarDude
      @WelshGuitarDude Před 9 lety +28

      Veritasium I don't suppose you could make a video explaining spin some time in the future - if its possible to explain it.

    • @GonzoTehGreat
      @GonzoTehGreat Před 9 lety +19

      Mee It is a property of atomic objects which has no (known) equivalent at our "scale". I think calling it "spin" is also confusing because people immediately relate it to our idea of what spin means when it's something different.

    • @WelshGuitarDude
      @WelshGuitarDude Před 9 lety +1

      TheShreester what do you mean by no known scale? If we can measure this property of "spin" surely its something that can be described in terms of what it is ..

    • @GonzoTehGreat
      @GonzoTehGreat Před 9 lety +4

      I said "no known equivalent at our (macro) scale" because there isn't one. The idea that particles have spin is an analogy intended to help us visualise what is going on.

  • @garyperkovac1002
    @garyperkovac1002 Před 2 lety +1

    Wonderful ( even if I get lost sometimes.) Especially notable is when there is an actual painstaking, heart-stopping and ultimately VERIFIABLE demonstration, as in the OTHER Varitasium CZcamss --- "A Physics Prof Bet Me $10,000 I'm Wrong"--- and--- "Risking My Life To Settle A Physics Debate"---. MY Hats off !

  • @istillloveguitar
    @istillloveguitar Před rokem +1

    The best video so far in explaining quantum entanglement

  • @andyeverett1957
    @andyeverett1957 Před 5 lety +143

    Best explanation I have seen so far without over simplifying it. Thank you.

    • @csabadunai3760
      @csabadunai3760 Před 4 lety +1

      Following his explaination I could communicate faster than the speed of light (What did I miss? Please explain because this genuinely bothers me)
      - Person A gets 100 Particles with spin "up" and Person B gets the 100 entangled partners of those having spin "down".
      - Person A and B are many Lightyears apart
      - Person A and B have aggreed on measuring the particle's spin regularly at every odd and at every even second respectively (always in their spins current direction)
      Sending the message:
      - A can measure one time only the spin of their 100 particles perpendicular to the usual direction thus changing the direction of the 100 spins but also of the entangled ones.
      - B doesn't know yet that A has measured perpendicular and does the measurement still in his assumed current spin direction. BUT now on avg. 50 spins which were originally "down" will have turned into "up"
      - Thus B will know that A has measured perpendicular.

    • @amarnathka2905
      @amarnathka2905 Před 4 lety +9

      @@csabadunai3760 the problem is we can't make A spin "up", because it has also 50% chance of up or down, so we can't send message to B as we can't control the spin of A nor block particular spins of As. Hope you understood

    • @narwhaltamer9004
      @narwhaltamer9004 Před 4 lety

      @@amarnathka2905 he wont, he's just THAT stupid

    • @shade0636
      @shade0636 Před 4 lety +7

      Narwhal Tamer What's the point in being toxic and calling people stupid?

    • @totalbiscuit4758
      @totalbiscuit4758 Před 4 lety +1

      Agreed. I'm surprised at how many commenters didn't get it. It seems pretty straightforward: particle spin can be up or down, but without getting together to share notes you can't tell whether it's significant or not, so you can't use this for FTL communication. It just begs the question of what's really going on -- which is what good science does, because good science not only provides answers... it breeds more questions.

  • @msarchive6247
    @msarchive6247 Před 4 lety +264

    I thought I was the only one who had trouble following this...after reading the comments....*whew* I feel better

    • @royhsieh4307
      @royhsieh4307 Před 4 lety +10

      no, u r supposed to have no problem following and having problem following this at the same time.

    • @JackRowsey
      @JackRowsey Před 4 lety +1

      Dummy....

    • @JackRowsey
      @JackRowsey Před 4 lety +1

      Kidding just kidding

    • @heisenmountainb6854
      @heisenmountainb6854 Před 4 lety +1

      its because 90% of people are braindead or are not even trying

    • @WideCuriosity
      @WideCuriosity Před 3 lety +2

      Try watching it a few times. And/or take notes. Maybe look up another individual's explanation of Bell's inequality. Some folk understand one teacher while another understand a different teacher coming at it from a different viewpoint.

  • @newforestpixie5297
    @newforestpixie5297 Před rokem

    The mainstream media seem to have an issue with Social Media. Watching YT has engaged me with science more than since school 40 years ago. Stuff like this video has re ignited my mind much more than hearing sound bite news bulletins of fear & misery on repeat every 15 minutes….

  • @JohnB-sp3de
    @JohnB-sp3de Před 16 dny

    As someone who has a background in Physics, I always went along with the accepted point that the randomness within a quantum entangled system prevents FTL communications. I recently read a book 'Cracking the Cosmic Code' which actually shows that the randomness is not a restriction at all. It now opens up the distinct possibilities of FTL communications.

  • @oshaugh143
    @oshaugh143 Před 7 lety +176

    I feel like I need to watch this video 1000 times to understand it.

    • @erikk77
      @erikk77 Před 7 lety +7

      You're not the only one.

    • @babischatzis5620
      @babischatzis5620 Před 6 lety +3

      this guy doesen't explain...he just shows his "intellegence"

    • @partharora16
      @partharora16 Před 6 lety +1

      this guy is explaining this topic in simplest way possible . You can't expect to understand these stuff without any prior knowledge.

    • @edwinsantoast7914
      @edwinsantoast7914 Před 6 lety +3

      there is a 50/50 chance that you will watch it up and 50/50 chance you'll watch it down. and the results will be different 5/9 of the time and so the results are different only 50% at the time.

    • @MegaMoh
      @MegaMoh Před 6 lety +1

      and you still won't

  • @Alexandru.Popescu
    @Alexandru.Popescu Před 4 lety +486

    Nothing exposes the inadequacies of the human mind like quantum mechanics.

    • @royhsieh4307
      @royhsieh4307 Před 4 lety +1

      add beyond. please

    • @hunterliu6620
      @hunterliu6620 Před 4 lety +7

      That is so vague and sophomoric.

    • @aryan_bo.x
      @aryan_bo.x Před 3 lety +6

      @@hunterliu6620 I think he meant that the human mind cannot contemplate such phenomena.

    • @geslinam9703
      @geslinam9703 Před 3 lety +5

      I know, right? Even searching “spooky action for dummies” hasn’t helped me truly understand it.

    • @michaeljoefox
      @michaeljoefox Před 3 lety +5

      Or spandex.

  • @justinturner2861
    @justinturner2861 Před 2 lety +6

    The spin down sound makes me understand how Dennis felt when he got a wrong answer on Family Fight.

  • @ssc827
    @ssc827 Před 2 lety +2

    I love this video, every university professor should watch this.

  • @MrMaloventre
    @MrMaloventre Před 4 lety +22

    The most understandable video I've ever seen about Bell's Inequality. Which is quite a complicated thing. Well Done Derek !

  • @maxonu
    @maxonu Před 5 lety +231

    Now my head is spinning too!

    • @rf-lr5tl
      @rf-lr5tl Před 4 lety +9

      spin is just a property your head has gained through the course of video, its not actually spinning, don't worry🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @rj-nj3uk
      @rj-nj3uk Před 4 lety +16

      That means there must be another head somewhere which is spinning in oppsite direction.

    • @imakeitwhynot
      @imakeitwhynot Před 4 lety +6

      That's called a Quantum Headache

    • @ChristmasEve777
      @ChristmasEve777 Před 4 lety

      Mine's spinning the other way....

    • @souravsahoo1582
      @souravsahoo1582 Před 4 lety

      @@rf-lr5tl lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @BenjiBeatsOBrecords
    @BenjiBeatsOBrecords Před 2 lety

    The acoustics in that room you are in at the beginning was quite the vibe.

  • @phillisetodd
    @phillisetodd Před 2 lety +3

    Thank you for your excellent videos! My students so enjoy them. As you look for new video ideas, you might consider doing a follow up on how Bell'st experiment does not rule out hidden variables if Statistical Independence is violated in the case of superdeterminism, which Einstein's block universe perhaps suggests. Basically, the actual measurement taken causes the particles to have been created in a definite way, with hidden variables. Nobel Laurent Sir Roger Penrose suggested in a presentation last year that he didn't think the resulting retro-causality would lead to paradox, if carefully thought through, but I can't seem to wrap my head around it.

    • @Dominexis
      @Dominexis Před rokem

      That there is what I would describe as a self-satisfying timeline resolution.

  • @marveljames4256
    @marveljames4256 Před 5 lety +814

    you just wanted a excuse to wear the spandex

  • @cedrick0012
    @cedrick0012 Před 3 lety +351

    "No they're not actually spinning, but they do have angular momentum"
    aaaaand I'm lost

    • @vanibandodkar31415
      @vanibandodkar31415 Před 3 lety +12

      it's fine lol apparently no one really knows what spin actually means

    • @watertommyz
      @watertommyz Před 3 lety +6

      @@vanibandodkar31415 it basically means it has momentum, I think. It just doesn't orbit.

    • @LuisSierra42
      @LuisSierra42 Před 2 lety +31

      @@watertommyz I have problems imagining something that has angular momentum but it's not actually spinning

    • @mrpersonguy7286
      @mrpersonguy7286 Před 2 lety +14

      Maybe they're doing jazzhands

    • @deadalpeca8099
      @deadalpeca8099 Před 2 lety +5

      @@LuisSierra42 Generally angular momentum is calculated about a point in space. So, even a particle travelling with a constant velocity, let's say in a direction parallel to the x-axis, has angular momentum with respect to let's say the origin. What angular momentum means here though, is a mistery to me as well. I need to learn more...

  • @luiggiphilipi
    @luiggiphilipi Před 2 lety

    Dude, i Just can't stop watching this Channel!

  • @gardenchemistry
    @gardenchemistry Před 2 lety

    This is the first time I hoped for a science video to end

  • @coolddp
    @coolddp Před 4 lety +600

    “If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
    - Albert Einstein

    • @ChristmasEve777
      @ChristmasEve777 Před 4 lety +52

      If you can't explain it to a democrat, you do understand it well.

    • @steffenjensen422
      @steffenjensen422 Před 4 lety +60

      @@ChristmasEve777 Always a condescending republican in the comments... You should know that everyone is annoyed by people like you. You give republicans a bad name. Luckily my republican friends are not this way.
      Please leave politics out of science

    • @heisenmountainb6854
      @heisenmountainb6854 Před 4 lety +8

      @@steffenjensen422 Always a boomer in the comments. you should know that everyone is annoyed by people like you. Luckiely I'm not a boomer, so I can actually make fun of you lmao.
      Jokes aside, i hate people that get mad because someone made a silly joke.

    • @steffenjensen422
      @steffenjensen422 Před 4 lety +35

      @@heisenmountainb6854 I understand that me getting mad instantly is annoying itself.
      But I think it's warranted, since this kind of "little joke" is exactly why many people in the US can't communicate normally over party boundaries anymore and you'll probably agree that this is a real problem.
      After all, a country where one side will just always try to hinder the other won't progress a lot anymore and will grow weak.
      Maybe you're right and I'm overreacting - but maybe this is why we can't have nice things.

    • @steffenjensen422
      @steffenjensen422 Před 4 lety +3

      Also I'd like to point to this: czcams.com/video/V-1RhQ1uuQ4/video.html

  • @AlaskaSkidood
    @AlaskaSkidood Před 5 lety +258

    Watching at 75% speed is helpful

    • @ard-janvanetten1331
      @ard-janvanetten1331 Před 5 lety +23

      thanks

    • @suly4346
      @suly4346 Před 5 lety +22

      @@ard-janvanetten1331 Bet your turning in your grave and shitting your pants now huh.

    • @royhsieh4307
      @royhsieh4307 Před 4 lety +1

      thats about the speed of light u talking about

    • @cosmicinfinity8628
      @cosmicinfinity8628 Před 4 lety +5

      9:14:00 i think this will help.

    • @MariosPOS
      @MariosPOS Před 4 lety +2

      I watch at 1.75 😂😂 maybe that's why I don't understand some stuff

  • @lisanandy835
    @lisanandy835 Před rokem +4

    Sir please make video on "Aspect, Clauser, Zeilinger" 's experiment

  • @huhu4739
    @huhu4739 Před 11 měsíci

    The measurement of the position of the first particle affects the spin , because the other particle will have opposite spin in the same position but measured at a different position the spin can vary as the position of measurement of the first particle and the angle it creates with the position will cause the spin to change

  • @PiotrStarWars
    @PiotrStarWars Před 3 lety +37

    04:10 You know things get real when the music kicks in.

  • @TheMusab01
    @TheMusab01 Před 4 lety +25

    Dude my head started spinning after 2 mins of watching spin ups and spin downs.

  • @mnmnmnmn981
    @mnmnmnmn981 Před 2 lety

    definetly one of my favorite videos on youtube.

  • @richardloewenhagen3818

    An explanation of 'spin' I've never heard before. Enlightening and creative. I still can't say I fully understand, but at least I can go to bed with something to ponder.

  • @MegaFPVFlyer
    @MegaFPVFlyer Před 8 lety +262

    So what I gathered from this video is that quantum mechanics is really f**king confusing

    • @NuclearCraftMod
      @NuclearCraftMod Před 8 lety +27

      ***** And also pretty awesome ;)

    • @medvfx3370
      @medvfx3370 Před 8 lety +1

      ***** YES xD

    • @upnorteeh
      @upnorteeh Před 8 lety +2

      ***** the more you think you know the less you actually know. thats the joke at my college and most likely others.

    • @MegaFPVFlyer
      @MegaFPVFlyer Před 8 lety +1

      +Matt G
      I recently learned that about relativity. I thought I had a pretty good grasp on it but upon further research I found I out was very wrong.

    • @PanduAsli
      @PanduAsli Před 8 lety

      +Matt G More than 5/9 of the time, it is a sign of exponential increase in intelligence.

  • @BharadwajAvva
    @BharadwajAvva Před 3 lety +43

    Having watched many videos on quantum entanglement, I can say that the explanation of john bell's experiment doesn't get better than this.

    • @tabby73
      @tabby73 Před 2 lety +10

      That is disappointing. Because I didn't understand it.

    • @arshakmmm4752
      @arshakmmm4752 Před 2 lety +2

      @@tabby73 the general genius idea is that apparently, if the information for what spins particles must have in which directions is predetermined (or determined at birth) then whatever that rule is, no matter how complicated it is, it must yield some ratio results for all three directions.
      For example, 50/50 at a given direction.
      So the great idea is, no matter what the rule is, if any rule exists, then the experiment should not match what we really get , which is 50/50

  • @mjholiday557
    @mjholiday557 Před rokem +59

    If we're all indeed living in a simulation, programming quantum entanglement into our counterfeit universe was quite an impressive feat!

    • @AbhishekVankit
      @AbhishekVankit Před rokem +5

      wow that's what I wonder as well.. if this is indeed a simulation... those guys up there are super smart beyond our imagination! (obviously)

    • @adityapatil325
      @adityapatil325 Před rokem +9

      Or it was a bug that the developers didn't fix because they didn't have sufficient headcount.

    • @axetroll
      @axetroll Před rokem

      It ought to run with 640K for everything!!!

    • @lindakuttis
      @lindakuttis Před rokem +1

      Hard to believe Bostrom's simulation argument is taken seriously. If valid, that is that the odds are overwhelmingly in favour of us being in a simulation given the premise that it is achievable (very questionable), then the same argument applies to the folks who simulated us, and to their simulators on to infinite regress.

    • @mjholiday557
      @mjholiday557 Před rokem

      @@lindakuttis Will you marry me, Linda Kuttis?
      🧡

  • @centerpoint2844
    @centerpoint2844 Před 8 měsíci +1

    My questions:
    1. How can a particle not spin if it has angular momentum? Isn't angular moment the definition of spin?
    2. The guy is spinning the same way every single time after he goes through the cardboard, how is the spin changing? The only thing changing here is his orientation.
    3. According to your equation, the "spin" (orientation) should always be up in the vertical cardboard experiment, but you show that it can be down?

  • @kennethkunz2449
    @kennethkunz2449 Před 2 lety +24

    Its incredible, unknowable things like this that make it fascinating to be alive! It's like, you want more of it, can't handle the reality of what is already out there , yet you yearn for more! Thank you sincerely!

  • @jeanf6295
    @jeanf6295 Před 3 lety +87

    There is a third interpretation : when you get the results of the second experiment, you are still measuring a quantum system (whose proper description depends on your results). This interpretation preserves locality, but is observer dependent. It is called relational quantum mechanics.

    • @justapassie3844
      @justapassie3844 Před 2 lety +3

      u don't get many likes because normal people in the comment section cannot understand you, mate!

    • @josephchristoffel
      @josephchristoffel Před 2 lety +12

      let me like now and understand later

    • @lashlarue7924
      @lashlarue7924 Před rokem

      Oh God, please stop; my brain is full! 🤯

    • @innosanto
      @innosanto Před rokem

      Somce it would be relational it woild be aligned with many aspects of physics

    • @sonoflightbernuri6616
      @sonoflightbernuri6616 Před rokem

      pls check my comments on this video, i think there is relativity. thanks

  • @ArvedRockt
    @ArvedRockt Před 2 lety +5

    Awesome video, but I got a few questions:
    How do we know how the two plans are distributed? In the experiment, we can't really tell which plan the particle obeys to until measurement. So let's assume the first plan occurred with probability a and the second with probability b, so a+b = 1. Now we solve the equation a+b*(5/9)=(1/2). All solutions of a and b give distributions of the plans that would result in a 50% chance to measure different spins for the particles...
    Second question: What exactly would it mean to measure two entangled particles in two different directions? Is the upwards spin result of the measurement measuring in direction 'up' the same as measuring 'up' sideways? What would we get if we measure the same particle in different directions? The background of this question is: is the measurement still entangled if we measure in two different directions?

    • @invisibilius1978
      @invisibilius1978 Před rokem

      im really tired but im putting his comment here so I can read it and try to answer when im not

    • @piepo5002
      @piepo5002 Před rokem

      @@invisibilius1978 Have you already awaken from your slumbers?

    • @invisibilius1978
      @invisibilius1978 Před rokem

      @@piepo5002 yeah and I think I get it now though I can't answer because I'm not a quantum physicist. thanks for the reminder I forgot about this

  • @benmullen295
    @benmullen295 Před 2 lety +7

    You could use this to sort of, kind of make it appear like you were communicating faster than light though, at least to a 3rd party: Like say it were a battle situation across the galaxy somehow and you wanted for some reason to be doing the opposite of whatever your allies back home are doing. you could have a pre-planned agreement to let the spins dictate behavior. of course this is not actual communication but it could look like coordination to an outside observer.

    • @alonsoACR
      @alonsoACR Před rokem

      A pre-planned agreement i.e. "hidden variables" were ruled out already

  • @XxFoxMotoX3xX
    @XxFoxMotoX3xX Před 6 lety +571

    The universe is indeed, a fidget spinner.

  • @j.b.5422
    @j.b.5422 Před 5 lety +69

    "Spooky Action at a Distance" very scientific-sounding name

    • @royhsieh4307
      @royhsieh4307 Před 4 lety +3

      its actually correct until they find a way to work around the spookiness and encounter a new scientific territory

    • @AbsentWithoutLeaving
      @AbsentWithoutLeaving Před 3 lety

      J.B. - Calling it what it is. Of course, it might not have staying power, and we'll end up with a situation like we have with 'atom,' the name of which was taken from the Greek 'atomos,' which means indivisible. Whoops.

    • @LunaticTheCat
      @LunaticTheCat Před 3 lety +2

      That was the whole point of why Einstein called it that, he wanted to highlight the absurdity of it.

  • @ak471077
    @ak471077 Před rokem

    I heard this been explained multiple time and did not get it... But this video helped me a lot, thanks :D

  • @mattiasmartens9972
    @mattiasmartens9972 Před 2 lety +5

    I suppose the many worlds interpretation explains this pretty well. When you measure the particle in one of the three directions, you enter one of the two possible measurement outcomes in that direction (for a total of six possible cases). Whatever your choice, the other particle behaves in the way it has to in that version of the world: it yields an opposite spin in that direction. No faster-than-light action has occurred; you are in the world of a certain specific case, and when you eventually receive information from the measurement result of the other remote particle, it will be the information of that same world.

    • @GoodVibes-pj9wd
      @GoodVibes-pj9wd Před 2 lety

      Quantum physics is the truth of universe and lie of human consciousness saying that it does not need any observer or audience it knows its nature and truth

    • @GoodVibes-pj9wd
      @GoodVibes-pj9wd Před 2 lety

      Specially in quantum entanglement universe is constant it knows what is up or down so where ever the particles go their nature is pre determined its just us making it complicated by knowing it after so many years of evolution

    • @Hybred
      @Hybred Před rokem

      This view isn't as feasible as living in an idealistic world, it's an odd suggestion in favor of materialism that in order to be possible there has to be multiple earths with every single different probability and combination existing on it. But there are billions of billions of humans, with trillions and trillions of cells, all of which go through this same process. Meaning their are billions times billions times billions times trillions of other earths, which is a much more convoluted answer than something that can simply just be explained by idealism which is that reality is a mental construct and doesn't exist independent of observation.

  • @NichtOhneMeinMett
    @NichtOhneMeinMett Před 7 lety +110

    Let's say we send a spaceship a lightyear away. On board, there's one particle and we program the spaceship to measure the spin at a specific time. If the spin is up, it destroys itself, if the spin is down, it keeps on flying.
    If we measure the spin of the other particle here on earth at the same time, we immediately know whether the spaceship just blew itself up or is still flying - hasn't then information been transmitted?

    • @diccchees7847
      @diccchees7847 Před 7 lety +4

      also a good idea for like instant morse code; and could also probably be used for teleportation of some sort maybe

    • @AlgoJerViA
      @AlgoJerViA Před 7 lety +22

      A hare does not aim accurately as we say in Sweden. No information is carried faster than light, instead the information is carried within the spaceship so to say, more precisely the information how to act upon a certain spin. It is apparent if you think about a little bit closer, the ship could stop to function at any point in the journey and the self destruct could fail for any reason, then the information we have sent with the spaceship ceases to be relevant and no faster than light indication of this is possible. If this happens we can very well be reading a spin up, assuming the spaceship has auto destructed as planned but until some sort of light speed information like electromagnetic radiation reaches us that tells the real tail we are only guessing, we can't know.
      You can think of it this way, if we are to go through a labyrinth both at the same time we can entangle our self by saying when given a choice I will always go left and you will always go right. As soon as we make our first decision we lose all knowledge of each other and needs to communicate somehow to know anything about each other. I can however with this information follow you and find your entire path but I need to get this information in real time.

    • @alexandreandrianov5970
      @alexandreandrianov5970 Před 7 lety +14

      No information was transmitted. You knew state of the other particle by measuring the entangled pair that's all.

    • @TeamDeanInc
      @TeamDeanInc Před 7 lety +11

      You mean: you have assumed that the spaceship blew up based on some expected cause and effect however you couldn't testify in court with certainty that you are now down one spaceship.

    • @alexandreandrianov5970
      @alexandreandrianov5970 Před 7 lety +9

      The only way to know that it blew up would be to confirm it by observing the ship after the time X, which would again put you under the speed limit.

  • @randomfella8084
    @randomfella8084 Před 3 lety +134

    Jada been doing some spooky action at a distance.

    • @ah47f
      @ah47f Před 3 lety +3

      Lmfao

    • @Gadavillers-Panoir
      @Gadavillers-Panoir Před 3 lety +9

      Indeed, the observer (Will) got spooked by how hard she was getting 'entangled' in the distance.

  • @navinkmrsingh
    @navinkmrsingh Před 2 lety +4

    I have done a whole course on Quantum Computing. Yet I learnt something new from this video. Drek never fails to impress

    • @user-ug8sm7uh4t
      @user-ug8sm7uh4t Před rokem

      can you help me to finding anything that connects me to the original RAIF technology. disease (metastatic cancer)

  • @ghwdalton
    @ghwdalton Před 7 lety +476

    I am smarter now. Not sure how, but I am smarter.

  • @dougc3512
    @dougc3512 Před 4 lety +85

    Well of course! Wait, what the hell did you say?

  • @Simon_Jakle__almost_real_name

    Good to see your tighter translation of Einsteins "spukhafte Fernwirkung (in german)" which the internet nowadays offers a term "spooky long-distance effect" for, what isnt as tight. Because an effect isnt "eine Wirkung" from the german language, Einstein did not bring up the Term "spukhafter Fern-effekt", calling "die Wirkung" an effect would be relativistic in way Einstein wouldt have confirmed. Like as with words "hindered" or "Zeitgeist", the term from Einstein could have stayed as "spooky distance Wirkung" so this would get less confused or mis-interpretated.

  • @adityashankar9756
    @adityashankar9756 Před 2 lety

    Best explanation of quantum entanglement.
    Now I am also happy along Einstein.

  • @chloepeifly
    @chloepeifly Před 3 lety +9

    this is the first video that made me actually understand “spooky action at a distance” it didnt make as much sense before, thank you!

  • @MrOlbi87
    @MrOlbi87 Před 4 lety +39

    This is what the salesman told me when I asked him about what plan was best for me if i switched to O2 as my provider.

  • @MissionTrueLove
    @MissionTrueLove Před 2 lety

    I like your videos more than the like button here . I super like them . Quantum entanglement. Thanks for explaining

  • @everydayhacks6312
    @everydayhacks6312 Před rokem +1

    Now that the Nobel prize 🏆 has been given, relating to this subject, please make a video on the theory's progression.....

  • @brynm6569
    @brynm6569 Před 8 lety +71

    my dreams tonight will be of spinning men in jumpsuits.

  • @LolaSebastian
    @LolaSebastian Před 3 lety +8

    This might just be the best video about entanglement on CZcams. Incredibly helpful. Thank you.

  • @thenewhearth
    @thenewhearth Před 2 lety

    This is a great explanation! :) it is in deed fascinating science. It starts explaining the unexplainable and yet, the more we discover, the more we understand there is still more and more. The nature of Universe is a constant change and expansion and QM seems to present that. Well, I am not a scientist, but I love to explore the scientific point of view. What is interesting in science is that often it rejects something until it is finally proven by someone. The unseen is vast and miraculous and the more we explore, the more we are amazed. Why? Because it tricks our logical mind so much and force us to wider our perception or reality.

  • @Jam.S.
    @Jam.S. Před rokem

    The best video about Quantum Entanglement 🙌

  • @Tommykee999
    @Tommykee999 Před 9 lety +248

    Too advanced for a 15 year old some one help explain?

    • @NerdNordic
      @NerdNordic Před 9 lety +365

      It's cool, no one gets it.. ;)

    • @SSchithFoo
      @SSchithFoo Před 9 lety +239

      I'm twice ur age and I don't get it either

    • @Tommykee999
      @Tommykee999 Před 9 lety +80

      We might have no clue but it sure is interesting tho

    • @SacrTaka
      @SacrTaka Před 9 lety +4

      You can go checking EPR paradox or Nicolas Gisin's work (quantum teleportation ?) sorry I'm a french speaker so... I can't really explain anything (plus I'm only 18 x)) just ... go check
      PS : EPR paradox IS what "Einstein proposed", but he wasn't alone thinking about quantum entanglement so it is proper to talk about Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen

    • @Tommykee999
      @Tommykee999 Před 9 lety +1

      Ok thanks