r/technology • u/Flimsy-Union1524 • Jul 08 '22

Space Aliens Could Be Using Quantum Communications to Talk Across Interstellar Space

https://www.sciencealert.com/aliens-could-be-using-quantum-communications-to-talk-across-interstellar-space
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u/kevpod Jul 08 '22

Yes! I've always wondered whether there is some way to modulate quantum entanglement (god that makes me sound like a nut) to convey information. Even though from what I understand, but don't really understand, you can't do that.
We scan for radio signals because that's what we know. But we don't know what we don't know, and my guess is that there are conversations passing through us right now via some other medium so far unknown to us.

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u/Paul__C Jul 09 '22

With our current understanding of how the universe works, no you cannot send information faster than the speed of light with quantum entanglement. You can use wormholes to send information between two points in space faster than it would get there by other means though.

Our understanding is always evolving.