The Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics and the Exploitation Problem

In one of my favorite blog posts of all time, Jai writes: The Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum mechanics says that you can have a particle spinning clockwise and counterclockwise at the same time – until you look at it, at which point it definitely becomes one or the other. The theory claims that observing reality fundamentally changes it.

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