Introduction
The concept of a spooky action at a distance, which describe the how an object could be affected, moved, or changed without being physically affected by another object, has raised different arguments throughout history. Some believe that action at a distance would describe all the uncertainties of quantum physics and would help us understand the unknowns of quantum mechanics. There have been varies experiments that support the claims of action at a distance and those who disagree and look to disprove this concept. One of the experiments that disproves the argument is the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiment in short known as the EPR experiment. The correlation in this experiment mainly suggest that there are no influences between …show more content…
In their conclusion, they assumed this would explain some of the uncertainty of that are existent in present day quantum mechanics. EPR explained this hidden variable as microscopic properties of fundamental particles that we are not able to observe with today’s technology. EPR argument also mentions an important topic in the discussion of action at a distance “element of reality” (1935). This states that if an observable property of a system, then it must correspond with an element of reality. In addition to this, EPR offered a proof that states the existence of two things that cannot coexist. One of them is that there are hidden variables present or particle attributes, like position, velocity, energy, and polarization, are not real and defined until they are observed. Many believe this part of the argument the controversy and confusion starts with the second part of EPR argument. When EPR states that since it is unreasonable to believe that these particle attributes require observation to become real, therefore hidden variables must exist. And Einstein as noted, one of the authors of EPR argument, he said, “I think that a particle must have a separate reality independent of the measurement” (1935). This is meant to describe the spin of electron and how it is going to stay constant and same even if we are not making a measurement of that spin. This is the part of the experiment that has been rejected by bells experiment and what bell’s experiment sought this and quantum mechanics cannot both be
The concept of a spooky action at a distance, which describe the how an object could be affected, moved, or changed without being physically affected by another object, has raised different arguments throughout history. Some believe that action at a distance would describe all the uncertainties of quantum physics and would help us understand the unknowns of quantum mechanics. There have been varies experiments that support the claims of action at a distance and those who disagree and look to disprove this concept. One of the experiments that disproves the argument is the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiment in short known as the EPR experiment. The correlation in this experiment mainly suggest that there are no influences between …show more content…
In their conclusion, they assumed this would explain some of the uncertainty of that are existent in present day quantum mechanics. EPR explained this hidden variable as microscopic properties of fundamental particles that we are not able to observe with today’s technology. EPR argument also mentions an important topic in the discussion of action at a distance “element of reality” (1935). This states that if an observable property of a system, then it must correspond with an element of reality. In addition to this, EPR offered a proof that states the existence of two things that cannot coexist. One of them is that there are hidden variables present or particle attributes, like position, velocity, energy, and polarization, are not real and defined until they are observed. Many believe this part of the argument the controversy and confusion starts with the second part of EPR argument. When EPR states that since it is unreasonable to believe that these particle attributes require observation to become real, therefore hidden variables must exist. And Einstein as noted, one of the authors of EPR argument, he said, “I think that a particle must have a separate reality independent of the measurement” (1935). This is meant to describe the spin of electron and how it is going to stay constant and same even if we are not making a measurement of that spin. This is the part of the experiment that has been rejected by bells experiment and what bell’s experiment sought this and quantum mechanics cannot both be