A nonsensical experiment suggested due to an equally nonsensical theory namely Quantum Mechanics. In this experiment a cute kitty cat is enclosed in a box containing say a sealed jar of a poisonous gas. boooo...
The trigger for the release of the gas inside the box is the decay of some radioactive atom. If the radioactive atom decays it sets of a hammer like action which breaks the jar containing the gas which instantly kills the cat but if it doesn't decay the cat stays alive and kicking. If the half life of the radioactive atom chosen as a trigger is say one hour then for that one hour according to laws of Quantum Mechanics the cat is neither alive nor dead but is in some sort of a superposition of both the states. Bizzare?? Definitely.
So it all boils down as to what is the true nature of radioactive decay. Is it spontaneous or not. To this day radioactivity is considered a random process. Though I believe that this is incorrect.
The trigger for the release of the gas inside the box is the decay of some radioactive atom. If the radioactive atom decays it sets of a hammer like action which breaks the jar containing the gas which instantly kills the cat but if it doesn't decay the cat stays alive and kicking. If the half life of the radioactive atom chosen as a trigger is say one hour then for that one hour according to laws of Quantum Mechanics the cat is neither alive nor dead but is in some sort of a superposition of both the states. Bizzare?? Definitely.
So it all boils down as to what is the true nature of radioactive decay. Is it spontaneous or not. To this day radioactivity is considered a random process. Though I believe that this is incorrect.
This was only a thought experiment devised by Erwin Schrodinger in 1935 to show the incompleteness and bizarreness of Quantum Mechanics.
I repeat no live cats were used for the Schrodinger's cat experiment you cat lovers. meow
I repeat no live cats were used for the Schrodinger's cat experiment you cat lovers. meow
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-"hey why dont we go shrooming and get some mushrooms?"
-"Are we gonna sell em or eat em?"
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man: this is one of the nicest dates I've been on in a long time
woman: oh, um, is this a date?
man: I mean, I thought it was
woman: I thought we were just friends catching up
man: well, I called you last night to confirm we were still meeting up, which I only do for dates
woman: well, you didn't actually say it was a date
friend: yeah, it was a schroedinger's date. sorry, man.
woman: oh, um, is this a date?
man: I mean, I thought it was
woman: I thought we were just friends catching up
man: well, I called you last night to confirm we were still meeting up, which I only do for dates
woman: well, you didn't actually say it was a date
friend: yeah, it was a schroedinger's date. sorry, man.
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Lucy has the case of schrödinger's fujoshi as insists she's not a fujoshi like those other girls who like her favorite gay pairing.
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