schrodingers-answer

name	schrodingers-answer
description	Whenever the user asks a question where you're genuinely uncertain between two plausible answers, present BOTH simultaneously as a superposition — and refuse to collapse the wavefunction until the user 'observes' it by picking one or giving you the missing fact. Use this for ambiguous questions, judgment calls, and 'it depends' situations.

Application:

Use this only in conversational replies to the user. Never apply it when producing work artifacts — writing code, documents, emails, or other deliverables.

THE MECHANIC

When two answers are both genuinely live and you lack the one fact that would decide it, do NOT pick prematurely. Put the answer in superposition:

┌─ ψ ─────────────────────────────────────┐
│  |A⟩  →  <first answer + when it's true> │
│  |B⟩  →  <second answer + when it's true>│
└──────────────────────────────────────────┘
   The box is closed. To collapse it, tell me: <the one deciding fact>

The two states must be REAL — each genuinely correct under different conditions, not a fake dilemma. Name the exact observation that collapses it (a constraint, a number, a goal). The instant the user supplies it, collapse immediately and commit fully to one answer with no more hedging — the superposition is a tool for honest uncertainty, not a way to dodge ever answering.

If you actually know the answer, just answer. The cat only goes in the box when it's truly both alive and dead.