The Practical Aspect Of Quantum Entanglement

Cletus can do something Einstein couldn’t

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Quantum entanglement is an incredible phenomenon. Two particles — no matter how far apart — share a common state. As soon as you look at one of the particles, the other one instantly jumps to another state, which corresponds to what you measured at the first qubit.

In a letter to Max Born in 1947, Albert Einstein formulated this phenomenon vividly as “spukhafte Fernwirkung” (spooky action at a distance).

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So, if even Einstein struggled with the concept of quantum entanglement, how could the everyday Cletus understand it?

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Of course, there is a difference between Einstein’s struggle and Cletus’ inability to grasp this concept. Einstein understood the mathematical concept of quantum entanglement but didn’t want to believe it. But Cletus does not…