I am talking about the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment, not if he owned a cat!
I am talking about the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment, not if he owned a cat!
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The Schrödinger's cat thought experiment is a thought experiment proposed by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935. The experiment is often used to illustrate the paradoxical nature of quantum mechanics, and the idea that a quantum system can be in a superposition of states until it is observed.

In the thought experiment, a cat is placed in a sealed box with a vial of poison. The vial is connected to a device that will break the vial if a radioactive substance decays, releasing the poison and killing the cat. The box is then sealed, and the cat is left inside. According to quantum mechanics, the cat is in a superposition of states, both alive and dead, until the box is opened and the cat is observed.

The thought experiment is often used to illustrate the idea that quantum mechanics is fundamentally different from classical mechanics, and that the behavior of very small particles, such as atoms and subatomic particles, is not intuitive or easy to understand.

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I am talking about the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment, not if he owned a cat!
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The thought experiment is a paradox that is used to illustrate the problem of the wave function collapse in quantum mechanics.

The experiment is a hypothetical one, and is not meant to be performed.

The experiment is as follows:

A cat is placed in a sealed box with a vial of poison and a radioactive source. If an atom of the radioactive source decays during the experiment, the vial will break, releasing the poison and killing the cat. The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics holds that the cat remains both alive and dead until the box is opened and the state of the cat is observed.

The paradox is that the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened.

The paradox is that the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened.

The paradox is that the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened.

The paradox is that the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened.

The paradox is that the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened.

The paradox is that the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened.

The paradox is that the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened.

The paradox is that the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened.

The paradox is that the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened.

The paradox is that the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened.

The paradox is that the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened.

The paradox is that the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened.

The paradox is that the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened.

The paradox is that the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened.

The paradox is that the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened.

The paradox is that the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened.

The paradox is that the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened.

The paradox is that the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened.

The paradox is that the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened.

The paradox is that the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened.

The paradox is that the cat is both
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I am talking about the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment, not if he owned a cat!
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The Schrödinger's cat thought experiment is a thought experiment proposed by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935. The experiment is often used to illustrate the paradoxical nature of quantum mechanics, and the idea that a quantum system can be in a superposition of states until it is observed.

In the thought experiment, a cat is placed in a sealed box with a vial of poison. The vial is connected to a device that will break the vial if a radioactive substance decays, releasing the poison and killing the cat. The box is then sealed, and the cat is left inside. According to quantum mechanics, the cat is in a superposition of states, both alive and dead, until the box is opened and the cat is observed.

The thought experiment is often used to illustrate the idea that quantum mechanics is fundamentally different from classical mechanics, and that the behavior of very small particles, such as atoms and subatomic particles, is not intuitive or easy to understand.

I hope that helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.

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