Perspective Shift

The concept of quantum entanglement, regarded as a ”spooky action at a distance” by Einstein is a theory whose origins we trace back to an abstract theoretical concept stemming from association of mathematics of quantum theory. At one point quantum entanglement was perceived as being highly fragile, so much so that a prominent physicist once stated “anything, even the passage of a cosmic ray in the next room, would disrupt the correlations enough to destroy the effect.”

The word “entanglement” was originally used by Erwin Schrodinger, a founder of quantum theory, in reference to the connections between separated particles that persisted despite distance. The connections are “instantaneous,” operating outside the “usual” flow of time. This statement implies that at deep levels, the separations that we perceive between ordinary and isolated objects are “illusions” created by our own limited perceptions...

Today it is well known that entanglement is far more than an abstract theoretical concept. As research continues, we are learning that the phenomenon of entanglement between two particles “exists everywhere, all the time” and we have “recently found shocking evidence that it affects the wider, ‘macroscopic’ world that we inhabit” says Michael Brooks, a New Scientist writer in March of 2004.

Entanglement is, similarly to energy, a physical resource and is seen as being in association with the inclassical correlations that are feasible between quantum systems. It has been estimated that a single quantum computer could theoretically perform more computations than a classical computer the size of the entire universe would be able to. Such findings have skyrocketed funding, and as a result, research in quantum communication and information processing has been on a rapid rise. As such, entanglement can be transformed, measured, and purified, so that a pair of quantum systems in an entangled state can be and in the near future will be used to perform computational and cryptographic tasks completely impossible for our current most powerful computer systems.

These discoveries lead us to explore new ideas and delve deeper into the research of psychic phenomenon and theory than we have previously been able to do by examining the possible relationship to quantum entanglement and psi phenomen . However, one might be asking themselves at this point, what does this theory of entanglement, and it’s uses, actually have to do with psychic phenomena?

To answer this question we examine more research. Physicists have recently been able to entangle collective groups of trillions of atoms in gaseous form. Entanglement has even been demonstrated among the atoms of rather large chunks of salt. It has also been documented that after being sent through fifty kilometers of optical fiber and being transmitted through the atmosphere, photons remain entangled.

Currently more work needs to be done before the use of entanglement is implemented into living systems, viruses, and proteins. It has been discovered by physicists that a loss of coherence, rightfully deemed decoherence is among the many reasons that we perceive everyday objects as separate and not interconnected. Though, they have discovered that carefully prepared atomic-sized objects interact with the environment in various ways, such as colliding with air molecules or passing through electromagnetic fields, resulting in their becoming entangled. These interactions are quick to smooth out the state of quantum coherence in which simple forms of entanglement can be easily observed.

Whatever your philosophical belief of creation is, physicists have also suggested that entanglement extends to everything in the universe because of the widespread scientific belief that all energy and matter emerged out of a single primordial Big Bang. They suggest that based on this theory, everything came out of the explosion already entangled. This means that in everyday life, despite appearances, we very well may be living in a completely interconnected reality.

So, what all of this essentially means is that entanglement would be two particles or objects, interconnected to each other. A more easily understandable example would be to imagine two photons on a collision course. They collide, and in this collision they become entangled within one another before separating. Despite distance apart, these two photons would still in a sense, be one in the same, carrying characteristics from each other, and affecting the other despite their distance apart.

Entanglement as an Aid in Parapsychological Research

The theory would suggest that it is innately possible for the human mind, as well, to experience a form of entanglement to another mind or object. Perhaps this is the resulting mechanism for such phenomenon as Telepathy, Clairvoyance, Psychokinesis, etc. To begin with, we’ll examine the true case study of two twins. A pair of twins were separated at birth, both going to different adopted families. Both boys were named “Jim” by their adoptive parents. They each became firemen. Both Jims married women named “Betty.” They both divorced her, and remarried to women named “Linda.” And coincidently, they both made circular white benches around a tree in their backyard.

This situation leads us to speculate if the theory of human entanglement is fact, or simply outer worldly coincidences? Were these two individuals a prime example of entanglement of the mind? Were they each carrying startling similar characteristics of one another, or affecting one another through entanglement? Just a few of many interesting questions this leads us to ask.