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I've recently been reading about the nature of photons and other light quanta. This question involves a number of tests performed since the 60's -- the one I site is the Aspect experiment, thogh there have been others. From the results of the Aspect experiment, and another more recent experiment where spooky action was observed in photons 10KM apart, it has been shown that the act of observing a photon in one location instantly collapses the wave function of another photon (emitted in the opposite direction by the same electron, at the same instant). Given that the statistical pattern of photon polarity changes in one location, depending on whether or not the polarity of its sibling is being measured in another location, couldn't a scientist devise an experiment to send a basic Morse Code message by alternately observing and not observing light quanta? Shouldn't this show up in the statistical analysis of photons arriving in the second location? Could an experiment like the Aspect experiment simply be performed with the same setup, but on a repeated basis where some photons are observed and some aren't, in order to send such a message? Or does the nature of Spooky Action require the results of the observations in Location A to be *known by* the observer in Location B in order for the statistics to change?
Re: Can Spooky Action allow instantaneous communication?
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