/sci/ hear me out:
the delayed choice quantum eraser experiment proved that a photon can regain its wavelike nature even after being observed. The trick is to not allow that which-slit information to leak out. This is accomplished by erasing that information but that's not the only way to achieve that!
Enter: the Quantum Quarantine. Instead of erasing the information about which slit the photon went through, we QUARANTINE that information FOREVER! This allows the photon to regain its wavelike nature and interfere with itself even though the information still exists! The reason this works is because that information never makes it to the universe and is thus effectively erased.
So how does this enable time travel? Unfortunately, it only enables time travel of information. But this is still unprecedented!
By running this experiment, we can test out our ability to quarantine quantum-information forever. If we fail to get an interference pattern even after quarantining the which-slit information, that means it leaks out sometime in the future. This is bad because it implies mankind dies out. Why? because if we're not around to maintain the quarantine, then it will leak and we would have never got the interference pattern in the first place! SCARY!
Now, if we do achieve an interference pattern, then it means mankind never dies out.
BTW, the quarantine doesn't have to last forever. We can just erase the data after a set time and call it good. The quarantine apparatus just needs to leak the information if the apparatus is broken before that set time, and erase that information if the apparatus is broken after that set time.
I believe this is Nobel worthy!
the delayed choice quantum eraser experiment proved that a photon can regain its wavelike nature even after being observed. The trick is to not allow that which-slit information to leak out. This is accomplished by erasing that information but that's not the only way to achieve that!
Enter: the Quantum Quarantine. Instead of erasing the information about which slit the photon went through, we QUARANTINE that information FOREVER! This allows the photon to regain its wavelike nature and interfere with itself even though the information still exists! The reason this works is because that information never makes it to the universe and is thus effectively erased.
So how does this enable time travel? Unfortunately, it only enables time travel of information. But this is still unprecedented!
By running this experiment, we can test out our ability to quarantine quantum-information forever. If we fail to get an interference pattern even after quarantining the which-slit information, that means it leaks out sometime in the future. This is bad because it implies mankind dies out. Why? because if we're not around to maintain the quarantine, then it will leak and we would have never got the interference pattern in the first place! SCARY!
Now, if we do achieve an interference pattern, then it means mankind never dies out.
BTW, the quarantine doesn't have to last forever. We can just erase the data after a set time and call it good. The quarantine apparatus just needs to leak the information if the apparatus is broken before that set time, and erase that information if the apparatus is broken after that set time.
I believe this is Nobel worthy!
