How to pronounce “superposition” in English

So superposition is this idea that we just talked about-- that the photon can end up being in two paths at once.

Using superposition for computation requires avoiding decoherence for as long as possible.

It's a superposition of both.

they can be in superpositions, you might say, well, electron one is in a superposition of up and down.

So you can have superpositions of these objects.

That follows the principle of superposition: rocks below other rocks are older than the layers above.

We use it for qubits and quantum superposition.

I think more research into quantum superposition could in fact show that, one, there is a multiverse, but two,

Electron two is in a superposition of up and down.

So the cat evolves into a superposition of being awake or being asleep.

Somehow it lives in this mysterious superposition state between 0 and 1.

But this whole idea of superposition in quantum mechanics is really what's given this weird notion that the particles traverse

"Decoherance happens at the loss of superposition and the resulting either or.

"It has proved easier to manipulate superposition than entanglement for computing purposes.

you can have a particle that is in a superposition of, let's say, different locations.

and this idea of a particle being in superposition being in multiple places or having

And then we talk about it from putting the bits in superposition so that it can be done in a parallel capacity

So the box and the gas evolve into a superposition of having been emitted or not.

The whole mess is just designed to take a superposition of a tiny, microscopic quantum system and amplify it to a macroscopic world.

It's as if these two different parts of the superposition describe different worlds.

And of course, quantum superposition and qubits, which I talk a little bit more about in the book, as well.

Do you think advancement in research in areas such as quantum superpositioning and quantum entanglement could prove that we are in a simulation?

Once you believe that electrons can be in superpositions, you should believe that people can be in superpositions and worlds can be in superposititons.

So there is a Geiger counter or some other detector that evolves into a superposition of having clicked or not.

And we start with a system where the cat is quantum and in a superposition.

The way of talking about it is to say that the photon is in a superposition of taking both paths.

In the quantum superposition, that just means that the scientist standing there with his hand on the lid of the box is at a fork in the road.

Until they're measured, both of the particles are in a superposition of being plus and minus at the same time.

It's everything in between, which is what we call a superposition and quantum bits.

I think even before learning about quantum physics, I think I have kind of a superposition outlook on life.

And what quantum mechanics seems to be telling us is that the cat is in a state of superposition and that both of those possibilities exist,

And this state of the Higgs boson decaying into something is that it decays into a superposition of spin up for electron one, spin down for electron two,

In quantum mechanics, we have a new possibility of this superposition, that the cat can be in a combination of awake and asleep.

And then we tell a story about what happens when we open the box and measure that superposition.

And what happens inevitably-- and everyone agrees on this-- is that the wave function of the universe evolves to a superposition of the cat was awake,

And nobody in the history of human beings has ever felt like they are in a superposition of having seen one thing or having seen another.

Multiple events of a singular event happen, and we have these superpositions where reality essentially estimates what's happened.

Imagine the EPR thought experiment again, we can think of the entangled state as being in a superposition of the electron being up and the positron down,

In the Copenhagen interpretation, when you measure a particle and you get only one result, say plus, the other part of the superposition collapses.

So like if this wave represents light, for example, you can imagine this wave as the superposition of photons all traveling at the speed of light.

We can assume the Vishnu Basement Rocks are older than any rocks above them, based on the principle of superposition.

But over the years, many physicists found, well, the math works using this idea of interference and superposition of waves, that if all of these possibilities

but people have tried different versions of it-- is that it doesn't seem that until the measurement is made the light is in a state of superposition.

But the point is, if that decision would have had to have been made a million years ago, how could it still be in superposition today, which

And that's not clear, because Sanders, if you were in a superposition how would you feel?

And what happens is, there's a quantum system that evolves into a superposition of having decayed or not.

The problem is, it looks like you, if you're the observer, would be in a superposition of having seen two different things.

What you haven't realized is, you're asking, why don't I feel like I am in a superposition?

And it's amazing how this one simple experiment allows you to understand some of the very, very basic issues in quantum mechanics, like superposition.