What is quantum entanglement, why do physicists care so much about it, and how is it used in real-world applications like quantum computing and quantum communication?

In this episode, Tai-Danae and Adam discuss these questions and more with physicist Adam Lewis, Technical Lead on SandboxAQ’s Simulation and Optimization team.

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Chapters:00:00 P90X for your brain, and introductions.01:20 What is entanglement?02:42 A nice intro to entanglement via a quote from Brian Greene.07:50 What is entanglement, revisited.09:42 Entanglement is real.10:33 Is entanglement fully understandable?13:23 Welcome Adam Lewis, PhD.18:37 Entanglement - what is it, revisited again.23:50 A history of the term "entanglement", including what it actually is.28:36 But could there be another force at play here?30:35 Is there an example of entanglement in our everyday lives?33:40 Data that supports entanglement.35:18 Do all things quantum involve entanglement?36:53 More examples of applying the concept of entanglement.42:24 Why is the 2-photon state not vulnerable to the same critique of the 1-photon state?43:17 The realism postulate.43:33 The localism postulate.43:50 Bell's inequality.44:50 Violating Bell's inequality.46:47 Realism, revisited.47:34 Localism, revisited.49:26 Summing up the current state of knowledge around entanglement?51:20 Do we know how entanglement actually works?52:06 Why are some scientists fascinated with entanglement?53:00 Entanglement as a quantum resource.55:12 Applications of entanglement outside of quantum computing.1:01:44 Future topics! Polarization, Bell's theorem and Bell's inequality.1:02:48 Wrapping up our ideas of entanglement.Resources mentioned in this episode:

Brian Greene’s The Fabric of the Cosmos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fabric_of_the_Cosmos

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