Physics Asked by Thermatix on July 16, 2021
Just to preface, I admit I’m not a physicist, or even well-read on science-related things (though I do read articles from various aggregate sites and sometimes purchase New Scientist) but I am interested and sometimes a question or piques my interest.
My question is based on the following thought experiment (which is probably based on an incorrect interpretation but I digress):
Is any of this right or am I just plain wrong?
I am afraid that you are plain wrong, assuming that is, that you are using the words 'state', superposition' and 'collapse' in the sense in which they are usually used in connection with quantum mechanics.
If you are using those words in a different sense, then your question is one of philosophy, not physics, and it is out of scope for this site.
State, superposition and collapse have very specific meanings in quantum theory, and relate to mathematical functions that are used to model the behaviour of matter at an extremely small scale. They are not meaningfully applicable to matter on a large scale.
Answered by Marco Ocram on July 16, 2021
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