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This question always throws me:

Discuss if the EPR paradox violates special relativity?

The information of the state of one particle is instantaneously transmitted to the other particle, but does this count? Since this information is not usable and does not allow you to transmit a message - it is equivalent to just getting a random set of characters.

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The answers to the question states that basically what I have stated in my question. I am, however, more concerned whether it is counted as a violation of special relativity, I am aware that instantaneous communication does occur.

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    possible duplicate of Quantum entanglement faster than speed of light? – Martin May 26 '15 at 09:47
  • NO. This has been discussed in countless threads around here, e.g. http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/15282/, http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/34653/, http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/170744/ and others with special protocols, like http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/131025/ – Martin May 26 '15 at 09:51
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    BTW: I don't think you mean travail as in "to suffer the pangs of childbirth; be in labor". So I edited it as "travel". – Gonenc May 26 '15 at 09:53
  • Depends on who you ask – Jimmy360 May 26 '15 at 11:22
  • @Jimmy360 No it doesn't! See No-communication theorem on Wikipedia. – Gonenc May 26 '15 at 16:11
  • The question in the edit is implicitly addressed in any of these questions and more explicitly expressed here: http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/61126/does-entanglement-not-immediately-contradict-the-theory-of-special-relativity No, entanglement does not violate special relativity, because special relativity only prohibits information transfer to be faster than light (think about the laser pointer on the moon). Since no instantaneous communication (i.e. information transfer) occurs, SR is not violated. – Martin May 26 '15 at 16:31
  • @gonenc Noncommunication theorem is not violated, even if there were superluminal signals. There are many other questions on the Stack Exchange that examined. – Jimmy360 May 26 '15 at 17:12

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