spukhafte Fernwirkung

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German

Etymology

Coined by Albert Einstein in 1947, see quotations.

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Noun

spukhafte Fernwirkung f (definite nominative die spukhafte Fernwirkung, genitive spukhafter Fernwirkung, definite genitive der spukhaften Fernwirkung, plural spukhafte Fernwirkungen, definite plural die spukhaften Fernwirkungen)

  1. (physics) spooky action at a distance
    • 1947 March 3, Albert Einstein, Max Born, Hedwig Born, “An Max Born, 3. März 1947”, in Briefwechsel 1916–1955, Nymphenburger Verlagshandlung, published 1969, page 215:
      [] Ich kann aber deshalb nicht ernsthaft daran glauben, weil die Theorie mit dem Grundsatz unvereinbar ist, daß die Physik eine Wirklichkeit in Zeit und Raum darstellen soll, ohne spukhafte Fernwirkungen.
      believe in it because the theory cannot be reconciled with the idea that physics should represent a reality in time and space, free from spooky actions at a distance.
    • 2016, “Spukhafte Fernwirkung”, in Emanzipation im Wald, performed by JaKönigJa:
      Du verhältst dich resistent / Gegen Gesetze unserer Existenz / Was für eine Anmaßung / Sie nennt sich spukhafte Fernwirkung
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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