Alyssa Ney lays out the metaphysical implications of quantum entanglement.
What might 'spooky action at a distance' tell us about reality?
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100 years after the invention of quantum mechanics, physicists and philosophers continue to debate its meaning. Many see quantum mechanics as supporting a picture of the world according to which objects can affect each other immediately over great distances, a puzzling phenomenon Einstein called "spooky action at a distance." But this seems to violate relativity theory. Is there a way to accept the startling experimental results supporting quantum mechanics without spooky action at a distance? Alyssa Ney describes some fascinating recent proposals ranging from the picture of the quantum world as a wave function in higher dimensions to the many worlds theory.
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Alyssa Ney is Professor and Chair of Metaphysics in the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, and Religious Studies at LMU Munich.
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