From quantum decoherence to expert judgment, position grants no exemption from probability I. The Suspended Leaf One October afternoon in New Hampshire, a maple leaf let go of its branch. For a heartbeat, it didn't fall—it hovered, caught in a breath of wind, undecided. The air was still enough that I could hear the rustle of its edges, a sound like hesitation itself. Red or green? Left of the path or right? The future felt genuinely open. Then, with the faintest twist, the l

How decoherence, entropy, and information make the world happen I was walking through a garden in New England autumn when I noticed a single maple leaf caught between branch and ground. It was falling—obviously falling—but so slowly in the still air that for a heartbeat it seemed to hang there, undecided. Red or grass? Left of the path or right? The future felt open. Then a gust came. The leaf tumbled left, landed, and that was that: one possibility made real. I kept thinking

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