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guelo on Jan 25, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Physicists create light out of nothing

I believe "spooky action at a distance" is a term used by actual physicists to describe some quantum phenomena. Though I don't know if the reporter used it in the same sense.

lnguyen on Jan 25, 2012 [–]

Usually in reference to quantum entanglement. The quote is from Einstein (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement)

The reporter is probably referencing that to some extent but mainly in the sense that it goes against classical intuition.

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