My HS physics class just sort of blazed through quantum theory in like two days, and left me with a bunch of questions because none of it made sense. Please tell me where the misconception is here:
> electrons can have one of two spins
> electrons come in pairs of opposite spin
> if you separate a pair of electrons, they will still have opposite spin when you observe them
> therefore, the act of observing one electron both causes that electron to decide what spin it has, and causes the other electron to adopt the opposite spin, instantaneously, meaning that information can travel faster than the speed of light
isn't the more obvious conclusion, that each electron already had the spin that would later be observed, and that's why they come in matching pairs like that? What am I missing here?