Things cannot be simultaneous

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Re: Things cannot be simultaneous

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Dimebag wrote: Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:10 pm I have a feeling that what bahman is getting at by saying a system cannot be in two different states at once, is, as an example, my cat can’t be both alive and dead at the same time. Or, my computer can’t be both on and off at the same time. Basically, superposition.

We know superposition is possible in the quantum realm, however, as far as we know, it’s not possible in the macro scale.

If that’s the case, I would tend to agree, IN GENERAL that a system which has individual discrete states which are exclusive, cannot be in more than one state at one time.

Now, that’s not really saying anything amazing, really kind of stating the obvious, but, hey, if it keeps us busy here then why not.
Even in the quantum realm, the reality of a thing is defined by a wave function. A particle cannot exist and exist not at the same time.
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