Eli5: how is it possible for electrons to not be anywhere specifically until we take measurements and force them into a defined position?

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Eli5: how is it possible for electrons to not be anywhere specifically until we take measurements and force them into a defined position?

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Its not that electrons arent anywhere specifically until they are measured, it is just that we do not know where they are prior to measurement and can therefore only describe their position as a probability distribution which “collapses” upon measurement to give a definite position which lies somewhere along that probability distribution.

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