Anonymous says, I'm looking to write some fun science fiction stories but with an as accurate a depiction of quantum behavior in the many worlds interpretation as possible. With that in mind, here's a scenario I would love your thoughts about. Alice has two photons, A and B. They're each prepared in a superposition of up and down. She measures particle A and tangling herself with it, but keeps B in its superposition. But what about photon B still in superposition? Is it duplicated but thinner or unbranched in fat in each world? The answer is if A and B are entangled, okay?
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