a superposition of regret and relief - by vaishnavi ☆ﾟ.*

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the physics of a life I don’t regret, though sometimes I think I should

Out of the innumerable theories physics has, there is one that has held my interest since I first heard of it: quantum superposition. In quantum mechanics, a particle does not commit itself to a single state immediately. Before measurement, it occupies a strange territory of possibility — a suspension between outcomes, where contradictory realities coexist without cancelling each other out. Schrödinger once illustrated this with a thought experiment involving a cat sealed in a box. The creature remains both dead and alive until the box is opened, and all the possible realities collapse into…

a superposition of regret and relief - by vaishnavi ☆ﾟ.*

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