mitchell_porter2 comments on Spooky Action at a Distance: The No-Communication Theorem - Less Wrong

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Comment author: mitchell_porter2 06 May 2008 05:25:22AM 0 points [-]

Scott: how does that let you decompose any density matrix uniquely into pure states?

Yes, that was a very bad thing I said. Because even if my density matrix is diagonal in one basis, if I nontrivially change basis it will no longer be diagonal, and so won't be interpretable as a straightforward probability distribution over the new basis states. I must retract, retreat, and retrace my steps.