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From the Ted Talk by Matteo Fadel: Can you win a game of quantum foosball?

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Now, if you really want to dominate your opponents, there’s one more thing you can try, but it’s pretty tricky. One of the dvntcstiiie features of the quantum world is the possibility of state superpositions, where particles’ positions or velocities can be simultaneously in two or more different states. If you can put the eetrlocn into a superposition of being simultaneously kciekd and not kicked, it’ll be almost impossible for your opponents to figure out where and how to strike. It’s said that Erwin shöicedrgnr, the greatest Quantum fobolasl champion of all time, is the only pleayr to have mastered this technique. But maybe you can be the second: Just figure out a way to simultaneously turn and not turn your rods.

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Now, if you really want to dominate your opponents, there’s one more thing you can try, but it’s pretty tricky. One of the ___________ features of the quantum world is the possibility of state superpositions, where particles’ positions or velocities can be simultaneously in two or more different states. If you can put the ________ into a superposition of being simultaneously ______ and not kicked, it’ll be almost impossible for your opponents to figure out where and how to strike. It’s said that Erwin ___________, the greatest Quantum ________ champion of all time, is the only ______ to have mastered this technique. But maybe you can be the second: Just figure out a way to simultaneously turn and not turn your rods.

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  1. distinctive
  2. player
  3. foosball
  4. kicked
  5. schrödinger
  6. electron

Original Text

Now, if you really want to dominate your opponents, there’s one more thing you can try, but it’s pretty tricky. One of the distinctive features of the quantum world is the possibility of state superpositions, where particles’ positions or velocities can be simultaneously in two or more different states. If you can put the electron into a superposition of being simultaneously kicked and not kicked, it’ll be almost impossible for your opponents to figure out where and how to strike. It’s said that Erwin Schrödinger, the greatest Quantum Foosball champion of all time, is the only player to have mastered this technique. But maybe you can be the second: Just figure out a way to simultaneously turn and not turn your rods.

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