Nikola Tesla-the greatest scientist you've never heard of

Originally posted by: ibnbatuta

Originally posted by: qwertyesque

Sure with all due respect to tesla.. i think mozart invented the light bulb!!! He was a genius and after retiring from his muscial adventure at 10 or was it 6 he took upon himself to invent the light bulb!!! anything else for some more sensationalism! i think we should thank the internet for these absurdities.. guess there are several threads going around this debate...

Originally posted by: ibnbatuta

With all due respect, it astounds me why people like to comment on ,nay, ridicule, things they have no knowledge of whatsoever.

Physics should be taught beyond the Classical Newtonian theories for all so that people think twice before adopting their sarcastic high tone towards things which are beyond their grasp.

A cursory look at google, throws this up.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3283317/Einstein-wrong-Ground-breaking-test-reveals-spooky-quantum-entanglement-phenomenon-real.html

For nearly a century, scientists have struggled with the phenomenon of quantum entanglement, which appears to break the classical laws of physics.

It seems to show that pairs of sub-atomic particles can be invisibly connected in a way that transcends time and space.

Now, a groundbreaking experiment has provided the clearest proof yet that this quantum effect - which Albert Einstein famously dismissed as 'spooky action at a distance' - is in fact real.

Quantum entanglement describes how the state of one sub-atomic particle can instantly influence the state of the other, no matter how far apart they are.

This offended Einstein, since passing information between two points in space faster than the speed of light is supposed to be impossible.

In 1964, the scientist John Stewart Bell devised an experiment designed to rule out hidden variables that could offer a non-weird explanation for 'action at a distance'.

But all the 'Bell tests' performed still contained 'loopholes' that, according to critics, could invalidate proof of entanglement.

Now, writing in the journal Nature, scientists say two of the most important loopholes have been closed by a new version of the test.

It remains profoundly unintuitive and throws up challenging philosophical questions.

'Previous demonstrations of the Bell test have had significant 'loop-holes', which can be used to explain away the results without having to accept the existence of this 'spooky action', while this new demonstration by Hanson and co-workers closes the most significant loop-holes present in previous tests.

'Second, performing this experiment required overcoming major practical challenges, and its success represents a milestone in mankind's ability to control light and matter at the deepest level and over long distances.'

'This is a brilliant demonstration of how different quantum phenomena are from classical experience, underpinning the expectation that quantum technology will open up unprecedented capabilities to improve the future,' said Professor Kai Bongs, from Birmingham University.

The experiment has a potentially practical application, showing that quantum entanglement can be used as an encryption technique to allow super-secure communication.