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An even simpler example is a pencil balanced on its tip, where a microscopic nudge of the initial tilt can determine the direction in which it will ultimately come crashing down. Whenever such chaotic dynamics are at play, the initial position of a single atom can make all the difference, so if that atom is in two places at once, you’ll end up with macroscopic things in two places at once.
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superposition. Be at two places at once.
Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
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