What did Einstein mean by “Spooky Action at a Distance »?
What did Einstein mean by “Spooky Action at a Distance »?
Albert Einstein was famously critical of quantum mechanics. But just exactly were his misgivings? Many online-resources and popular science books claim that he did not like entanglement and referred to it as « spooky action at a distance ». I don’t think this is what he really meant though. In this video I tell you where the famous Einstein quote came from and what the context is.
0:00 Intro
0:27 What did Einstein really say?
1:47 What was Einstein referring to?
4:19 Where does entanglement come in?
8:20 Einstein’s view on quantum mechanics
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