Einstein’s ‘spooky action at a distance’: At least 10,000 times faster than light

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12. If this were the case...

If entanglement were somehow being used to communicate the trigger to flower, then it would definitely mean that entanglement can carry information. There are a lot of white-coated people whose heads would explode at that. As fun as that would be, I think it's highly unlikely to be the cause. Entanglement is difficult to maintain for any length of time, especially in the real world of lots-of-stuff that very quickly causes decoherence. Being able to maintain entanglement over geographies would be far beyond act-of-god level.

However, entanglement may play a key role in photosynthesis. If I remember correctly, ordinary processes are too slow to get energy from the outside of the leaf to the molecules that store the energy, so one hypthesis is that entanglement carries it instantly. Sorry, I don't remember the details, but Google will help. If this is true, then entanglement can carry energy. The implications of that are stunning!