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I’m not arguing with you either. Esh asked for an explanation of quantum computing to a 6 years old so I did some oversimplification, so my sentences might lost some context (english is not my main language you know).

When I said “at the same time” I meant at the same instance. If we can measure the spin of an electron (for instance), we would observe +1/2 or -1/2, no other way around. But when we’re not observing the spin, you cannot know which probability is happening.

I hope I could explain what I mean.

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hh 1y ago

That's correct. Just not if we summarize it as "it's both + and -1/2 at the same time". That never happens. It's one single state with a 50-50% probability of being +1/2 or -1/2.

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