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[MetalSlimeHunt]

In fairness, we don't know that it can never allow for communication. We merely have not observed any manner that allows for it so far.

I think prudence is called for when dealing with quantum mechanics. They seem to have a tendency to beat down human intuition and logic.

The theorem that it is not possible to do so is based on the math in QM, not "human intuition and logic". That's just completely unrelated.

Easy there killer, I'm just saying we don't have enough experience and knowledge to go scoffing at experimental attempts at quantum communication, and that QM is slippery. The math still gets viewed and analyzed by our crazy meat brains, and we miss almost everything we observe.

[Max™]

It's just weird because there are rules that make it seem from our experience as though there are no rules, which couldn't be much further from the truth.

[miauw62]

No, but QE would allow transmissions that cannot be intercepted en-route at all. You could only intercept it at the destination or source, and if you know where they are then you've probably got more information than necessary in the situation anyways.

Except ways to have snoop proof communication already exist. It's called RSA 4086.

[Starver]

Except ways to have snoop proof communication already exist. It's called RSA 4086.

(4096)

Until a sufficiently neat way of circumventing the current limitations of decryption arises (such as Quantum Computing?), and then you'll be glad to have a stream of data that cannot be broken by listening in (or, rather, which will break and not transmit anything of any use to anyone) like with Quantum Entanglement.

[martinuzz]

Researchers in a Liberian study into Ebola are saddened to have to report, that ebola can still be found in a man´s sperm, even one and a half year after being cured from the illness.
Up until now it was assumed that the virus would have completely left the body after about 3 months.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Excellent. This conclusively proves the long held suspicion that sperm cells are immune carriers of ebola. Now we may, through gene therapy, make ourselves immune to ebola by coding every cell in the body as sperm.

Praise science.

[hops]

Excellent. This conclusively proves the long held suspicion that sperm cells are immune carriers of ebola. Now we may, through gene therapy, make ourselves immune to ebola by coding every cell in the body as sperm.

Praise science.

We Donald Trump now?

[Eric Blank]

Researchers in a Liberian study into Ebola are saddened to have to report, that ebola can still be found in a man´s sperm, even one and a half year after being cured from the illness.
Up until now it was assumed that the virus would have completely left the body after about 3 months.

This is sufficiently terrifying. When the fuck does it die?

[martinuzz]

Starting to look like it doesn't, just like HIV. If you've had ebola once, you could well be a carrier for the rest of your life.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Now that could be a serious problem. It sidesteps ebola's main limitation while allowing it to return to more conventional spread at any time.

[BorkBorkGoesTheCode]

Conspiracy to depopulate the world?

[hops]

I doubt it. An actual bioweapon would be much harder to treat.

[Spehss _]

Unless the bioweapon was designed to not be an obvious untreatable bioweapon in order to avoid alerting the effected populace.

[Dozebôm Lolumzalěs]

That actually makes sense. I'm scared now, simply because all the evidence points toward "no reason to be scared."

[hops]

Unless the bioweapon was designed to not be an obvious untreatable bioweapon in order to avoid alerting the effected populace.

> implying they don't think it's a punishment from god for the gays