When a kid is looking at an athlete who is jumping over a 2 meter high bar, it says: "Wow, how spooky!". But after looking it for hundred times the kid finally says: "Well, whatever. It happens all the time. And it is in accordance with the laws of physics."

When a physics student encounters correlation in entanglement for the first time she or he is virtually bound to say: "Wow, how spooky!". But after looking at it for hundred times the student finally concludes: "But wait, it is not really an "action" since no force is involved nor is any information exchanged, right? And they (Alice and Bob) only see correlation in their measurements *after* they exchange classical information (at the speed of light or slower) that contains results of their measurements, don't they? I mean, before that, they only have a random gibberish. So, by the time the experiment finishes, light had enough time to travel between them. Well, whatever. It happens all the time. And it is in accordance with the laws of physics."

The only way to feel spooked here is to let be tricked by a story teller (a Magician). The Magician starts his story at the moment when entangled pair is generated and ends it when Alice and Bob realize that their measurements are completely correlated. Then, the Magician starts recording time at the moment of entanglement generation and stops its clock at the moment when measurements are done. He then tells you that this time is too short to explain correlations. Which is true. But note: at that moment Alice and Bob are NOT spooked yet: they only see a random set of their own data and no correlation whatsoever. It is funny that this trick has, over decades, fooled generations of physicists, and that apparently no one has figured out the false logic yet! Well, here it is - exposed! By the time Alice and Bob can see the correlation (the allegedly spooky part) they have to exchange classical information, and in that there is action, force and information travel, and more time lapse than required for light to travel between them. This is the second and final part of the experiment, duration of which, conveniently, the Magician forgot to take into account. And we fell for it! (Shame on us!)

So I believe that the best way to alleviate this spookiness madness is to teach quantum entanglement to kids in kindergarten, right next to teaching of colors and animals, or even before that. Then, no one will get spooked ever again!

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