The quantum information did exist all along; it just &#x27;leaked&#x27; into the environment through a process known as decoherence: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Quantum_decoherence" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Quantum_decoherence</a><p>This is why I object to classical analogies using envelopes and cards and pennies that end with &quot;Yeah QM is strange&quot;. It&#x27;s really a fundamental physical&#x2F;mathematical effect, and it&#x27;s much less intuitive if you make a mapping to objects in a classical world. I often feel conceptual maps to information worlds (like books and the internet) are more intuitive.