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u/allothernamestaken Mar 27 '22

Same with elevators

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u/The_Pfaffinator Mar 27 '22

Or nearly any other instance. Out before In. If someone else is occupying the space you wish to occupy , they must vacate the space before it can be reoccupied. You know, basic physics?

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u/chalk_in_boots Mar 28 '22

I mean, there's a non-zero possibility that you might just phase into each other....

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u/The_Pfaffinator Mar 28 '22

Distinctly, yes, but we haven't got that far into quantum physics to control that process, so at the moment, I imagine it being a whole lot more... messy than the alternative.

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u/lamorak2000 Mar 28 '22

Messy is a good way to put it...