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by bubblecheck 1621 days ago
(Per the article): Is it correct to describe superposition as the probability of, e.g., an electron being in one of two places? In such an example, is it instead correct to say that superposition is a probability distribution of infinitely many possible locations?
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It depends. In the general case a superposition is a probability field with infinitely many options once the waveform collapses, but the specifics of the experiment might discretize that practically into two options.