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Schrödinger's cat: A thought experiment in quantum mechanics – Chad Orzel



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Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, posed this famous question: If you put a cat in a sealed box with a device that has a 50% chance of killing the cat in the next hour, what will be the state of the cat when that time is up? Chad Orzel investigates this thought experiment.

Lesson by Chad Orzel, animation by Agota Vegso.

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22 thoughts on “Schrödinger's cat: A thought experiment in quantum mechanics – Chad Orzel
  1. WAIT, WaIt, wAiT, wait, wait… You mean to tell me… electrons can be in two places at once… and that Schrodinger never had a cat?

  2. Is the cat inside the box dead or alive?
    You say it's both until i open the box?
    I say there is no cat in the box, until you open it to make sure it is there indeed.

    B-because you know, it could escape. It's not like a cat must listen to what human says, it's other way around.

    And since we owe internet existance to a cat… it just proves the cats rule this world. :3

  3. Is it just me or does superposition make weird amount of sense (as in how easy it is to understand and comprehend)

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