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In this classical picture the decision which glove was in your pocket was made when you put it into your pocket. Still in your pocket, the glove already interac
by s-macke 10y ago
In this classical picture the decision which glove was in your pocket was made when you put it into your pocket. Still in your pocket, the glove already interacted with the world like a right or left glove e. g. the glove bulged the pocket in a certain way and moved fluff around in your pocket.
If the gloves would be quantum objects, the glove would be in a superposition state. At the same time the content in your pocket would be the right and left glove.
Hence it would interact with your pocket in both ways before measured leaving your fluff in your pocket also in an undetermined (superposition) state.
Things get more complicated here because we talk about huge classical objects with a lot of atoms. And here it is practically impossible to obtain such a superposition because the glove interacts a lot with the environment. E. g. by looking at the bulge of your pocket you might be able to determine the glove type without opening the pocket.