Entangled particles are weird enough just considering separation in space. But now we're talking about separation in spacetime. The researchers entangled two photons that never coexisted. Here's the PDF:
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1209.4191v1.pdf
Entanglement between photons that never coexisted.
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Re: Entanglement between photons that never coexisted.
This is only a weird result if you assume causation can only work forward in time.
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Re: Entanglement between photons that never coexisted.
I still have a hard time with the non-locality thing. 
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Re: Entanglement between photons that never coexisted.
I am beginning to suspect the whole idea of 'distance' is a human perception issue..
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Re: Entanglement between photons that never coexisted.
Perhaps it's just a matter of not giving unnecessary privilege to the time dimension within the space-time continuum...
Entanglement is clearly a real phenomenon, part of the way the universe works, whether we can fit it comfortably into our limited everyday consciousness or not...
Entanglement is clearly a real phenomenon, part of the way the universe works, whether we can fit it comfortably into our limited everyday consciousness or not...
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