Quantum entangled particles look like a… yin yang?
Quantum what?
First off, let’s briefly summarize what quantum entanglement is and why we care.
Space.com describes quantum entanglement as “a bizarre, counterintuitive phenomenon that explains how two subatomic particles can be intimately linked to each other even if separated by billions of light-years of space. Despite their vast separation, a change induced in one will affect the other.”
In other words, no matter how far apart two teeny, tiny particles are, if they are linked (or entangled) at the quantum level, a change in one particle causes an immediate change in the other.
For example: I have two particles, one in Barcelona, Spain and one in Portland, Oregon. If the Portland particle decides to dance a jig, the Barcelona particle instantly starts dancing the jig as well.
Okay so not exactly, but you get the point.
So why do we care? Well, I care immensely because quantum entanglement helps explain the underlying foundation for distance Reiki and other types of distance (and in-person) energy healing.
It also happens to be the main phenomenon used to explore the world of teleportation (eek!)… but I digress. Let’s move on to this amazing yin yang photograph.
It’s a… what?
When researchers attempt to photograph a pair of quantum entangled photons, “yin yang” is not the image that comes to mind.
Yet, here we are, staring at the results of an extremely complicated process by researchers at the University of Ottawa, in collaboration with Danilo Zia and Fabio Sciarrino from the Sapienza University of Rome. You can read more about their incredible process here.
And here it is - the famous “photograph” of two quantum entangled photons. Enjoy!
