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NASA Chief: Odds Are ‘Pretty High’ That Aliens Are Real (www.mediaite.com)
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[–] toynbee@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Even though we know we really can't

I know there are lots of questions about quantum entanglement, but I didn't know it had been disproven.

What was the book? It sounds reminiscent of Ender's Game.

edit: I don't know for certain, but it seems likely it's New Eden.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The cosmic entity so unfathomably vast that it had no prior experience of self once the ansible signal passed through it. Ender named it "Jane", IIRC?

[–] toynbee@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

I don't remember with any degree of certainty, but yes, that sounds correct.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Quantum entanglement hasn't been disproven, but the idea that it can be used for faster than light communication has.

[–] toynbee@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

I'm no physicist, but I always doubted it.