Action at a distance

Action at a distance consists of affecting a distant body instantaneously. At the atomic level, this is known as "non-locality".

Examples of action at a distance in physics are:

• Newtonian gravity
• Electrostatics (before Maxwell's equations in the 1800s)
• Quantum entanglement within quantum mechanics (called "non-locality")

Other observed examples of action at a distance are:

• Action at a distance performed by Jesus, as described in John 4:46-54 and Matthew 27:51.

Some scientists have long resisted the possibility of action at at distance (non-locality), and the theory of relativity assumes that information traveling instantaneously, or faster than the speed of light, is impossible.

Several theories have been developed as ways of denying action at a distance (non-locality). These include:

• gravitons
• string theory
• quantum field theory