Quantum Entanglement (A Love Story)
I was in my buddy's bedroom, watching this footage on a tiny square TV set in his closet, when I first discovered the meaning of life.
Better than witnessing newborn nebulas in bloom.
Accurate. Positive reinforcement is always better.
I'm tempted to share some of my Sister's artwork.
She's an Artistic Savant.
I've seen her master a new instrument over a weekend.
But there's a chance of doxxing, even a very small one.
And if that were to happen,
Or anything else close to malicious,
I would have to devote the rest of my life to ending the perpetrator's.
Plus she doesn't really like the spotlight.
As an infant, Kanzi accompanied Matata to sessions where Matata was taught language through keyboard lexigrams, but showed little interest in the lessons. It was a great surprise to researchers then when one day, while Matata was away, Kanzi began competently using the lexigrams, becoming not only the first observed ape to have learned aspects of language naturalistically rather than through direct training, but also the first observed bonobo to appear to use some elements of language at all.[2][3] Within a short time, Kanzi had mastered the ten words that researchers had been struggling to teach his adoptive mother, and since learned a further 348, which he could also combine for new meaning. When he heard a spoken word (through headphones, to filter out nonverbal clues), he pointed to the correct lexigram. He can initiate communication using the lexigrams. Sue Savage Rumbaugh, in 2006, claimed Kanzi understood about 3,000 spoken words.
Kanzi is recognized for his ability to "evoke absent objects, invent new formulas to describe elements whose names he did not know...he had a certain notion of time and seemed to understand another's point of view."[18] The following are anecdotes, rather than experimental demonstrations.
In an outing in the woods in Georgia, Kanzi touched the symbols for "marshmallows" and "fire". Susan Savage-Rumbaugh said in an interview that, "Given matches and marshmallows, Kanzi snapped twigs for a fire, lit them with the matches and toasted the marshmallows on a stick."[19] The Telegraph has published photographs of Kanzi putting together a fire for food.[20]
Paul Raffaele, at Savage-Rumbaugh's request, performed a haka for the bonobos. This Māori war dance includes thigh-slapping, chest-thumping, and shouting. Almost all the bonobos present interpreted this as an aggressive display, and reacted with loud screams, tooth-baring, and pounding the walls and the floor. Kanzi, who remained calm, communicated with Savage-Rumbaugh using bonobo vocalizations; Savage-Rumbaugh interpreted these vocalizations, and said to Raffaele, "he'd like you to do it again just for him, in a room out back, so the others won't get upset." Later, a private performance in another room was carried out.[19]
Savage-Rumbaugh has observed Kanzi in communication to his sister. In this experiment, Kanzi was kept in a separate room of the Great Ape Project and shown some yogurt. Kanzi made some vocalizations that his sister could hear; his sister, Panbanisha, who could not see the yogurt, then pointed to the lexigram for yogurt, suggesting those vocalizations may have meaning.[19][21]
In one demonstration on the television show Champions of the Wild,[22] Kanzi was shown playing the arcade game Pac-Man and understanding how to beat it.
On July 22, 2023, a video uploaded to YouTube by the user ChrisDaCow showed Kanzi playing a modified version of Minecraft. The video earned over 3 million views in 10 days and raised nearly $10,000 for The Ape Initiative as of August 2, 2023.[23] On January 12, 2024, a sequel was published which featured him and another bonobo, his nephew Teco, defeating the game's final boss.
According to the research of Savage-Rumbaugh, Kanzi "can understand individual spoken words and how they are used in novel sentences". For example, the researcher asked Kanzi to go get the carrot in the microwave, Kanzi went directly to the microwave and completely ignored the carrot that was closer to him, but not in the microwave.[27] In another example, a researcher gave the task, "feed your ball some tomato". Alia, a human 2-year-old, did not know what to do, but Kanzi immediately used a spongy toy Halloween pumpkin as a ball and began to feed the toy.
These studies suggest that quantum behavior is not purely immediate. Instead, even processes that seem abrupt have definable periods during which entanglement takes hold.
By zooming in on those intervals, scientists can gain insights into cause-and-effect in the quantum world. As laser technologies advance, the door opens to new measurements that capture the fleeting birth of entangled pairs.
This line of exploration may reshape how we design future systems that rely on the delicate interconnections of quantum particles.
It also underscores the importance of time-sensitive observations in unraveling complex interactions, suggesting that many so-called instantaneous events may hold untapped opportunities for quantum research.
As further collaborations emerge, these attosecond-scale findings could spark new methods to manipulate and measure entangled states, paving the way for innovative paths in science and technology.
Research teams worldwide are likely to build on these insights, examining how precise timing can refine quantum simulations and deepen understanding of particle interactions in next-generation devices.
I'm slightly disappointed it may not be instantaneous.
However, it also seems likely our measurement is not exactly precise, let alone in the correct dimension, or even Universe. ♠♥♦♣
*possible. not likely. possible.
I've gone nearly a decade without listening to Led Zeppelin.
It used to be a sin to change the radio station when they were on.
I can't do this. I might never be able to do this.
I'm more under the 'experimental' umbrella for guitar.
The Jonny Greenwood hat.
I'll never be like Eddie Van Halen, Cobain, or George Harrison either.
Day 31 of Weed Sobriety
*Sleep Chart*
Sleep - 2.5 hours drug free.
Awake - 12:30am, Monday
I'm extremely grateful to be able to fall asleep on my own again.
I should be able to fall asleep again in a little bit.
I have two Ativan pills left.
I'm seeing my psychiatrist later today - she should be very happy with me.
Considering I had to fight tooth and nail for the 10 pill prescription.
Busy day tomorrow:
It's the birthday of a close friend,
And we have a fantasy baseball draft at 7pm.
I'm drafting Skubal if I have the chance.
I hope Rickroll is not reading this post.
I see Coldplay is on tour, and their tickets are going for $500+ in secondary markets.
I'm not sure this is a viable strategy...but if I were Coldplay, I would buy up the entire secondary market and resell the tickets elsewhere for the minimum.
Incubus charged $35 for their show last August,
and they are among the best alternative rock bands ever.
Paul McCartney charges a lot for his shows, too.
Why on Earth would someone want to alienate their most impacted fans?
(Of course that would create a never ending cycle of scalping and re-scalping. I wish there was a solution.)
I think Double-Y (YY) is the coolest person in the world.
Maybe she will catch a glimpse of this blog and let me take her out on a date someday.
Like when I went to reload at the cage expecing a bomb pot to be underway, missing my blind, and slamming my hand against the table.
I agree with nearly 100% of the ADHD memes and only some of the ASD ones, but this one definitely hits home.
Fischer was nuts. Especially when his principles became warped later in life.
But man, did he ever stand by them. Respect.
Yeah. 100%.
