How do they know entangled photons exist in two states if they havnt observed them yet?

Question

Entangled photons exist in two states, they spin one way and the other at the same time. It is only when you observe them that they decide which

Now, when you have two unobserved entangled photons and then look at one of them the other one spins the other way to the one your looking at They are allways opposites

Now, no matter how far apart the two photons are, even when they are so far apart that any form of comunication between the two would need to break the speed of light the photons still know what way the other one is spinning

This problem has yet to be solved by mankind

I reckon i've figured it out

I think, they don’t exist in two states at all

I think, when they are entangled they each decide wich way to spin and are spinning that direction all the time

What makes them think they exist in two states before they look at them?

What are they doing? Sneaking up to the photons quietly and taking a quick peek before they notice? Are they using some spy hole in the lab wall?

Answer 1

I think you have no basis for your theory. It's all mathematical theory. I mean how the hell do we know that quarks exist. We've never "observed them", but a mathematical theory was thought up, it was built on to a point were the results could be observed, and the experiments supported the existence. So we dont actually know they exist, its just a model which just so happens to give incredibly accurate results.

You should do some reading on superposition, its too much to explain on here.