Quantum Physics and the Evolution of Theoretical Mechanics: Discover All the Important Features of Quantum Physics and Mechanics and Learn the Basic Concepts Related to the Birth of the Universe by Samantha Goleman

Author:Samantha Goleman [Goleman, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub, pdf
Published: 2021-05-08T16:00:00+00:00

The EPR Paradox

The EPR Paradox, or the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox, seeks to explain the contradictory variables of the positions of the Copenhagen Interpretation. When the state of one particle becomes true, so does the other because their states are entangled.

Why, then, is there a paradox? The paradox is the fact that although I told you there could be no communication between the particles in an entangled state, apparently there is. However, communication is not what scientists are seeing but rather correlation, or even better, entanglement. The particles, when matching each other’s state, seem to communicate because they are entangled. They reach each other’s condition at a speed that is faster than the speed of light, which conflicts with Einstein’s theory of relativity (Zimmerman Jones, 2019).

It is simple to jump to the conclusion that proposing this paradox supports the theory of entanglement. However, my intentions are quite contrary. I present the paradox to enrich your historical understanding of quantum physics and have a grasp of the debates that ensued before the theory could have any proof whatsoever.

I have not yet mentioned that Einstein coined this theory because he did not believe in the entanglement theory. He did not try to disprove it, but instead, he tried to show that physics laws, one of them being the theory of relativity, could not coexist with quantum mechanics. This paradox was Einstein and his colleague Bohm’s way of saying that quantum entanglement works, but not according to relativity theory. This conclusion could suggest a few different possibilities: either the theory of relativity could be faulty, or the two other ideas just did not belong in the same context. The latter turned out to be accurate; relativity theory has more of a place in the classical world than the quantum one.

Why does the theory of relativity pose so many problems with quantum physics? Generally speaking, relativity theory describes “continuous and deterministic” (Powell, 2015). Quantum physics is a completely different animal; its events happen in astonishing “quantum leaps,” with probable, not deterministic outcomes. As you can see, the two do not and cannot match. However, we can try to see their confluence. We will find out how they overlap at the end of the day because they do. After all, we live in one, not two worlds. We just see it in two ways currently.

One theory combines the ideas of relativity and quantum entanglement, and it is called the pixel metaphor. Named after that weird thing that happens when you examine a television screen up-close, the pixel metaphor seeks to apply a two-dimensional theory to the world. This makes a lot of sense if you think about it. Quantum theory, explaining the world of tiny things, and classical theory, explaining the large stuff, can only coexist if the big world is composed of small, small items (particles). This theory still lacks those hidden variables, however. The way forward is a theory that accurately combines the two approaches into one idea about the whole world as one colossal system.

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