How do we know the idea that particles don’t exist in one definitive spot until we measure them, isn’t just our lack of knowledge due to not measuring them yet?
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Ok, you are getting very long and complex answers, let me try my hand here.
What you propose is a model in which particles have pre-existing conditions that we just don’t know. This is a very appealing model as it feels intuitive and like something large scale physics would allow.
However, experiments seem to disagree with this model.
The double slit experiment showed the idea, and three polarising lenses can be used to show some very fun properties of light that mathmatically suggest that pre-existing qualities aren’t the answer. Light can get through filter arrangements that it could not if quantum qualities were pre-set. Radiation is also a very interesting case study, physically it doesn’t make sense for the particles to leave, but from the perspective of quantum mechanics, that particle just had a chance to be in that position even if it didn’t have any means to get there.
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