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A recent article mathematically describes how the Schrodinger's cat could be teleported using the principles of entanglement. The S. cat, teleportation and entanglement have tickled the fancy of physicists and those less endowed for many decades. What is fascinating about this is that it combines phenomena that challenge status quo framework. Together, it demonstrates that it is possible to make sensible manipulations of inexplicable phenomena within the present context. This is important as the fact that many inexplicable phenomena challenge the status-quo have not deterred most physicists embarking on fine measurements of irrelevance. It is a bit like accountants and financiers counting money and next quarters earnings while the company's R&D has no products for the future. Counting, after all, is in the genes of humans – evolutionary advantages gained by those who could understand environments by counting and memorizing. Most of the human brain cells are still employed in the same activity they started 50K years ago. They count more now but nothing has really changed from the early years.

Teleportation of the Schrodinger's cat by entanglement is different. It actually takes inexplicable phenomena and combine them to produce yet another. Such thought experiments are much more useful than counting and generating data as they will ask questions and not force fit answers. In every contemporary field, it appears that better counters gain higher premium than those who ask questions before the counting begins.




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Published on April 18, 2011 17:30
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