Far Out Man Wins Nobel Prize

I think we all can agree that deceptive click-bait headlines are the worst. But hang in there with me as I try to make this one work.

You will not be surprised to learn that my novel Far Out Man has not won a Nobel Prize – yet. However, three scientists working on a phenomenon that plays a major role in my novel have won it. Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger will share a Nobel Prize for their work involving quantum entanglement, which was dubbed “spooky action at a distance” by Albert Einstein. Quantum entanglement, in a nutshell, means that the properties of one particle can be deduced by examining the properties of a second particle – even if they are separated by a large distance. These three proved that one theory of how quantum entanglement works – hidden variables – was wrong. Don’t ask me to explain any more than that, because even the smartest people in the world don’t understand this stuff. You can even win a Nobel Prize for figuring out what it’s not.

My shaky excuse for the click-bait headline is that my novel and their work are like entangled particles, affecting each other from a great distance apart with no apparent connections. I’ll admit it’s not much, but it’s all I’ve got.

Congratulations Messrs. Aspect, Clauser and Zeilinger!