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Schrödinger's Plane Seat: the seat next to you is both empty AND occupied until the cabin door closes
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FenrirIII lemmy.world FenrirIII@lemmy.world
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TachyonTele_Esq piefed.social TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social
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This is a good one. Nice thinking.

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wraekscadu vargar.org wraekscadu@vargar.org
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Wellll there's still a hidden variable (which is hidden in the plan seat list of whatever, that contains who that seat belongs to).

We haven't been able to prove such hidden variables present before collapsing the wave function yet.

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Mok98 feddit.it Mok98@feddit.it
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Wellll there's still a hidden variable (which is hidden in the plan seat list of whatever, that contains who that seat belongs to). We haven't been able to prove such hidden variables present before collapsing the wave function yet.

Those variables don't necessarily affect the collapse of the function

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Tomtits lemmy.dbzer0.com blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I've been asked to move before because one of the emergency exit seats was unoccupied.

I would have thought that the random seat allocation algorithm would choose those seats first.

Unless someone missed their flight?

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Ey ich frag doch nur lemmy.world EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world
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I've been asked to move before because one of the emergency exit seats was unoccupied. I would have thought that the random seat allocation algorithm would choose those seats first. Unless someone missed their flight?

I just looked this up: Airlines charge more for these normally popular seats because they offer more legroom. If no one is willing to pay extra, the seat is given away to fit passengers who can help open the door in an emergency.

Congratulations, you're considered to be physically healthy and strong!

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TachyonTele_Esq piefed.social TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social
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I just looked this up: Airlines charge more for these normally popular seats because they offer more legroom. If no one is willing to pay extra, the seat is given away to fit passengers who can help open the door in an emergency. Congratulations, you're considered to be physically healthy and strong!

It's only because he's got tits

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Ey ich frag doch nur lemmy.world EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world
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It's only because he's got tits

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