I still donât get why this whole concept of the superposition exists. Like, yeah, if you donât measure something, you donât know what itâs like. This isnât new.
The only new aspect at the quantum level is that you cannot measure without (non-neglible) impact on the thing that youâre measuring, because our usual method of measuring involves blasting it with quanta (photons).
That means some of our usual science concepts donât work anymore, like measuring something, then changing it in some way and then measuring again.
But just telling people precisely what I just said, feels so much simpler than raving on about how we should call the state of âwe havenât looked at it yetâ.
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