Phrase that represents the common and culturally accepted misinterpretation of the famous thought experiment created by Erwin Schrödinger, which describes a scenario in which a cat is placed in a box with radioactive material and a flask of poison. If a monitor in the box detects radiation, it will trip a mechanism that kills the cat.
The experiment was created to challenge the then commonly-accepted views on quantum mechanics, as physicists would have considered the cat simultaneously alive and dead. Schrödinger's point was that this view is ridiculous and does not comply with reality. However, many people today misinterpret the experiment, citing it in scenarios in which an important decision will lead to two different paths, and, before the decision is made, each path is equally plausible and, therefore, equally "real." Though philosophically a nice concept, it is still an incorrect interpretation. Using the phrase "Schlonginger's cat" to refer to this interpretation helps avoid confusion and academic frustration.
The experiment was created to challenge the then commonly-accepted views on quantum mechanics, as physicists would have considered the cat simultaneously alive and dead. Schrödinger's point was that this view is ridiculous and does not comply with reality. However, many people today misinterpret the experiment, citing it in scenarios in which an important decision will lead to two different paths, and, before the decision is made, each path is equally plausible and, therefore, equally "real." Though philosophically a nice concept, it is still an incorrect interpretation. Using the phrase "Schlonginger's cat" to refer to this interpretation helps avoid confusion and academic frustration.
Jane: Before I decide my major, I guess I'm a student in both botany and physics... It's just like Schrödinger's cat!
Susie: I think you mean "Schlonginger's cat." You should stick to botany.
Bobby: I've narrowed it down. In this box, there's either a dog or a cat. Until I open the box, it's Schrödinger's catdog!
Billy: No, it's Schlonginger's catdog. Also, that box is purring.
Susie: I think you mean "Schlonginger's cat." You should stick to botany.
Bobby: I've narrowed it down. In this box, there's either a dog or a cat. Until I open the box, it's Schrödinger's catdog!
Billy: No, it's Schlonginger's catdog. Also, that box is purring.
by 50shadesofgay September 6, 2013
Get the Schlonginger's catmug. definition: when a person is sitting down and a cat is on their lap and they are unable to move without disturbing the cat, via they are CAT ANCHORED.
by poisonivey March 30, 2023
Get the cat anchoredmug. A Nickname for a girl who is Sickly, Poor and Homeless without a family to call her own. Usually stuck living in the slums of dirty cities and hanging out around filthy dumpsters in alleyways.
“I was walking Downtown and ran into Aly Cat, Now I’m covered in Fleas!”
“Beware of the city at night, Aly Cat is running the streets!”
“Someone call Animal Control! Aly Cat is rabid and foaming at the mouth!”
“Beware of the city at night, Aly Cat is running the streets!”
“Someone call Animal Control! Aly Cat is rabid and foaming at the mouth!”
by Honest.Troll3000 December 19, 2024
Get the Aly Catmug. A highly overrated and dead meme involving a cat with a poptart body, shitting rainbows out of it's demented ass and flying through space
Person 1: NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN
Person 2: holy shit shut the fuck up do you know how old nyan cat is!?
Person 2: holy shit shut the fuck up do you know how old nyan cat is!?
by Mr. Mage June 22, 2018
Get the Nyan Catmug. by AStupidDeer April 3, 2022
Get the Catmug. ''aww a cat''
''what an a-hole''
''what an a-hole''
by anonymous January 30, 2023
Get the catmug. A haiku (japanese poem) about cats or related to cats.
The Instagram account @campingwithcats often use #cathaiku. This exemple is from there account.
The Instagram account @campingwithcats often use #cathaiku. This exemple is from there account.
by SensduStyle May 25, 2017
Get the cat haikumug.