In article ,
Alan Anderson wrote:

wrote:

BTW, I have to say that now I have a rudimentary grasp of how it works,
I find the term "teleport" somewhat misleading.

Wayne has the same complaint.

As do I, for that matter.

All that's happened is
that two particles have assigned the same property.

No, what's happened is that one particle has *lost* its property (or has
had it randomized), and another particle has been assigned the property
that the first particle *used* to have.

Right. Much like when I connect two monitors to one computer with a KVM
switch -- when I flip it, the picture disappears from one screen and
appears on the other. I have therefore (to use the conventions of the
press on this topic) teleported the monitor from one place to another.