Tags: entanglement, photons
Categories: Pseudo-explanations
An example of anthropomorphism in popular science writing:
"A photon hitting the inside surface of a window somehow knows how thick the glass is and acts accordingly. There's something similar to entanglement happening here, a kind of action at a distance by which the photon knows how thick the glass is without passing through it…"
Brian Clegg
Clegg, B. (2015). Light Years. The extraordinary story of mankind's fascination with light. Icon.
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