Saturday, 25 October 2014

Quantum Superposition and the Choices We Never Make

In quantum physics, a particle can exist in multiple states at once – until someone observes it. Then it “chooses” one reality.

Our lives are full of superposition too.

The version of you that took that job offer. The version that said yes to love. The version that moved to another city. All those possible yous exist in some parallel branch of reality.

But here, in this timeline, you made one choice. And that choice collapsed the wave function of your life into what you’re living right now.

So be kind to the person you became. They’re the result of millions of tiny decisions – some brave, some scared, all necessary.

You are not one life. You are the sum of every life you almost lived.

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