Steve Shear postulates:
Of course one needn't stop there. If entangled states could be stored for several years, instantaneous communication with neighbooring stars is a real possibility.
And in whose local Lorentz frame would such communication be "instantaneous"?
Coupled with advances in mind-machine science it might someday be possible to explore, first-hand, our local portion of the galaxy without leaving earth, or upload/download one's consciouness to vessels in remote locations.
Uh, no. The operators for corresponding observables at both ends of such an experiment commute, so it is not possible to transmit information non-locally using such an apparatus. This was discovered when the first experiments to verify the Einstein-Rosen-Podolsky effect were done. You need the results of measurements on the opposite end to decrypt the information at the end you are at. The Dancing Wu-Li Masters are closed for business. -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"