Einstein later wrote to physicist Max Born complaining about what quantum mechanics says is happening in the EPR paper, and in this letter he first uses the term 'spooky action at a distance' to describe how photon two and photon one could be instantaneously communicating despite being far apart.
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“[23:20] a few years later um Einstein writes a letter to another physicist Max Bourne uh and uh he complains about what quantum mechanics says...that's where he first uses the term spooky action at a distance...how can photon 2 and photon one be instantaneously communicating with each other?”
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