>At least in popular media accounts, a very common description is that a state like 0.6∣0⟩ + 0.8∣1⟩ is “simultaneously” in the ∣0⟩ state and the ∣1⟩ state. >I

>At least in popular media accounts, a very common description is that a state like 0.6∣0⟩ + 0.8∣1⟩ is “simultaneously” in the ∣0⟩ state and the ∣1⟩ state. >I must confess, I don’t understand what people mean by this. I think they're just trying to tie it to Schrödinger's cat somehow since that's the only other topic that seems to be covered in pop science.