Nonlocality of a Single Particle Demonstrated Without ObjectionsIn knowledge modeling the debate is between the nodes (statements) and the arcs (relationships). The arcs are pulling ahead.
... The scientists note an interesting comparison of their result to a principle of Leibniz’s metaphysics, the identity of indiscernibles. According to the principle, a pair of entangled quantum particles must be indiscernible from a single particle, since both objects have in common all the same properties—this is the only stipulation of the principle, number being irrelevant. The single-state nonlocality demonstrated here reinforces the equivalence of a single state and an entangled state—giving more credence to the position that quantum field theory, where fields are fundamental and particles secondary, is a close representation of reality...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Particle vs. Field: which is truer
Today it seems that particles are merely secondary ....
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quantum mechanics,
science
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