I can’t be the only one who absolutely hates the idea of a particle having two states at once, right? Is it just a personal thing or is it tied somehow to the fact that autistic people generally have more binary thinking?

Forgive me if it’s a stupid question. I’m still trying to figure out how this all works and whether I’m autistic or not.

  • Setarkus@toast.ooo
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    Wasn’t it something about the information about the state being recorded?
    It’s been a while since I last read up on any of this but I’d be surprised if the double slit experiment for example showed wave behavior just because the results of the detector weren’t shown to humans.

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      1 year ago

      To put things simply, measurement involves thermodynamically irreversible interaction with the larger environment. No literal observer is relevant.