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For a simple case of two party system. What I understand by Entanglement(please correct me if I am wrong) is that if some property of the two systems is entangled, then knowing one, provides the knowledge of the same property about the other system, instantaneously. Thus one system steers the other and does so instantaneously(=non-locally). To me, all these three terms look the same. Please help me to understand these three concepts.

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If you look at a single pair of so called "entangled" particles, then all these terms are fake. Yes, if you measure/know the property of one particle, then you also know the property of the other particle. It is not because of any of the three terms. It is due to conservation laws. The properties are conserved and knowing full details (states) how they were "entangled", you can calculate to what extent the the property would be conserved in a particular plane. It is not entangled, it is not steered, and it is not non-local.

But if you look at numerous entangled pairs and their correlation, then yes, the term steering comes into play. The correlations are steered over a large number of pairs (measurements) by the conservation laws, to keep things in balance.

As a crude example - You keep pouring dirt at one place. I can guarantee that it will take shape of a heap. If you do it 100 times, you will see a heap 100 times. I am positive that it is possible to come up with a mathematical model that can describe heap as a non-local probabilistic phenomena. But we all know that the heap is formed by gravity over a period of time to keep things in balance.

Entanglement experiments have not been scrutinized sufficiently enough to rule in/out this kind of steering/balancing. Everyone knows to sing only one song - Bells inequality. Which by the way, would be also violated by the steering/balancing.

It is ironic that highly learnt people have such a strong bias towards a "no sense instantaneous non-local steering/influence" as opposed to even troubleshooting for a "relatively more common sense gradual steering".

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