From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Sat May 11 2002 - 18:11:47 MDT
scerir wrote:
>
> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky:
>
> > Yes, but if there was a pure source of entangled photons, would the
> > interference pattern then be *locally* noticeable, without need to compare
> > with the data at the opposite terminal?
>
> There is no way, from there, to know that photons they receive are
> entangled. But if they receive, i.e., a moving pattern, or an image,
> and if they are smart enough ...
>
> > Am I missing something here?
>
> I don't know. Maybe the fact that (entangled) photons travel with
> speed = c.
When I talk about FTL, I don't mean FTL signalling to an unaware alien who
has to notice the pattern; I mean FTL signalling that can require a
fiber-optic cable laid between Sol and Centauri for all I care - the point
is that once you get there on STL drive, you have FTL communication with the
homeland.
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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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