Quantum Eraser Lottery Challenge

Matt challenges you to use quantum physics to win the lottery. Are you up to the task? Previous Episode on Quantum Eraser Get your own Space Time t­shirt at Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Facebook: Email us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com Comment on Reddit: Support us on Patreon! Help translate our videos! The Quantum Eraser experiment seems to show that information can travel backwards in time. On today’s episode of Space Time, we are going to create a time-traveling communication device and use it to cheat on the lottery! Here’s Your Challenge question: Why am I going to be sadly disappointed after turning on my invention? I do get a signal – nice work future me – and that signal DOES contain the interference patterns from my future choices with perfect fidelity. But for some reason I can’t read the numbers. What went wrong? Written and hosted by Matt O’Dowd Made by Kornhaber Brown () Challenge Answers Submit your answers with full work to pbsspacetime@ for a chance to win a Space Time t-shirt. Make sure you use the subject title “Quantum Eraser Challenge question” to be in the running. Submit answers before August 24, 2016.