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epr telephone

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

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EPR telephones (plural)

Everett-Wheeler telephone

Everett-Wheeler telephone Copenhagen interpretation quantum collapse quantum decoherence quantum wave function Schrödinger equation Schrodinger equation

What does epr telephone mean?: A method of transmission of information non-locally, allowing FTL communication and back-in-time communication, through application of Steven Weinberg's proposed non-linear fields in quantum physics on entangled particles, accessing hidden variables of the Schrödinger equation.
Where does epr telephone come from?: From EPR + telephone. From being a method of transmission (telephone) in non-linear quantum physics where faster-than-light (FTL) communication (non-local communication) is possible, as described in the EPR paradox proposed by Einstein, Poldolsky, Rosen, violating relativity. Coined by American physicist Joseph Polchinski in 1990.

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