<p><pre><code>  Entanglement lets the measurement of one particle 
  instantaneously determine the state of a partner 
  particle, no matter how far away it may be — even 
  on the other side of the Milky Way.
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Big deal.<p>If I have a bag of coins, and I take out all of the copper coins, it&#x27;s not very mysterious that the bag now contains only silver coins, no matter whether I hide it under my bed, or in the freezer, or hang it out the window.<p>Yes, all the copper coins are now absent from the bag, forcing it into an all silver state, and I can know this, without even looking at the bag. I take the bag, and I drive it across town. I hide it under a rock. I go home. I think about the bag under the rock. I can instantaneously know that the bag contains only silver coins, even though it&#x27;s across town, hidden under a rock. Instantaneous. I determine the state of the bag. With my mind. Just by thinking. Even across town. So amazing.<p>Why do journalists and scientists so deeply covet the seeming appearance of the arcane?