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Could quantum mechanics be deterministic?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Is There a Superposition State?

Superposition is a mathematical property of the equation. And by superposition, you mean that thereis two possibilities for an object. It can be spin up or spin down, or decayed or not decayed. The theory predicts this microscopic superposition, which we never ever observe. That's not what we have experienced of so there is a very strong sense in which the theory as it is is empirically inadequate.

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