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    It is not the case that Quantum mechanics employs wave functions and superposition states that are formally indispensable yet categorically non-sensible.

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    • 1.Sensibility is historically contingent—wave-particle duality seemed non-sensible until modern physics training normalized it cognitively.
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    • 2.Mathematical formalism itself constitutes a form of sense-making; declaring it 'non-sensible' conflates human intuition with rational intelligibility.
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    • 3.Real physical systems exhibit superposition behaviorally through interference patterns; calling superposition non-sensible divorces formalism from phenomena.
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    • 1.Wave functions generate empirically perfect predictions despite lacking intuitive physical interpretation or sensory correlates.
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    • 2.Superposition cannot be visualized or imagined consistently with classical spatial intuitions, yet mathematical formalism requires it.
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    • 3.The measurement problem reveals wave functions describe abstract possibility spaces, not concrete observable configurations.
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