I don’t understand..
When we observe it, we can define it’s state right? But it was never in both states. It was only in one, we just didn’t know which one it is. It’s not like if I go back in time and open the box at a different time, that the outcome will be different. It is one of the 2 outcomes, we just don’t know which one until we look. And when we look we discover which one it was, it was never the 2 at the same time. This is what’s been bugging me. Can anyone help explain it? Or am I thinking about it wrong?
In: Physics
>It is one of the 2 outcomes
Incorrect. It is one of infinite outcomes, with some outcomes more likely than others. The problem is we don’t know which outcome occurred without measuring/observing. With enough information, you can guess without observing, but the problem is that no matter what variables you include and no matter how finely you measure you won’t know for certain what the outcome is with observing because there will always be errors in your measurements.
The point of the thought experiment was an attempt to use a simple allegory to explain the observation that the universe isn’t “fixed”. At the quantum level, the universe is a mass of probabilities that don’t resolve until there is an interaction that forces resolution.
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