If two things are kept completely isolated from each other, they cannot influence one another, right? The world's smartest scientists are actually saying they can. We're going to do a little magic trick with these two: Alice and Bob.

They both get one half of a deck of cards. Alice takes the red cards, starts shuffling them, and gets on a plane. Bob stays behind, shuffling the black cards. On the other side of the planet—after an extra shuffle for good measure—

Alice finally looks at the red card that's on top of her deck. What if I told you that the same black card is guaranteed to be on top of Bob's deck, despite the two of them having no contact whatsoever?

Good trick, right? In fact, it isn't a trick. It's not magic, it's quantum mechanics. Science has shown that is what actually happens with the tiniest pieces of matter. If two material particles—say, A and B—are shot in opposite directions—

what one scientist chooses to measure about particle A instantaneously influences what the other sees when he observes particle B. Even if the particles are at opposite ends of the universe. Imagine that: simply looking at something at one end of the universe can directly influence something at 

the other end, with no material connection between the two. Scientists have taken every precaution you can imagine to rule out communication between the scientists or the particles A and B. No cheating! And yet the observation of one influenced the results of the other.

This prediction of quantum mechanics existed for decades. Many physicists, Albert Einstein included, had
their doubts about this wild theory. But a series of compelling experiments, starting all the
way back in the 1970s, has shown it to be true.

So what does that mean?
Recently we have reached an incredible conclusion: What we call the physical or material world has no standalone existence. Instead, it is just a superficial image... ...in the mind of an observer - of a deeper, mysterious reality.

As such, matter only comes into existence upon being observed.
It's not really there, until you look. Yeah, try to get your head around that one. Not only our science, but also our culture and
civilization at large, stand to be fundamentally changed by...

...this realization in the years to come. Perhaps this sounds farfetched. But you can find out for yourself. You just have to look first.

What Does Quantum Entanglement Reveal About Reality?

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