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Originally posted by Barry the Sprout:
Its like the experiment with cats in boxes. Put a cat in a box with some poisoned food, then seal it up. Whilst the box is closed the cat is in a state of both life and death as there is inherent uncertainty regarding its status. The only way this field of uncertainty can be collapsed is by opening the box and thereby establishing that the cat is either alive or dead. Whilst the box is closed the cat is technically neither.
Ouch! My head...
the experiment only works while the cats health is determined by the state of a quantum particle, which traditional fires a gun upon decay, but original broke a vial of poison gas.
tacos are not quantum mechanical objects, so the experiment has no meaning here. (actualy it has no real meaning, it was an attempt to explain how wierd Quantum mechanics can get). a taco can be considered a quantum object for the purposes of back&front however, provided you dont have information about the placement of the ingredients.