Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Schrödinger's cat

Schrödinger's Cat is a paradox of sorts which revolves around an uncertainty principle which is explained in this way: A cat, a flask of poison and a radioactive source are placed in a sealed box.


If an internal monitor detects radioactivity, the flask is shattered releasing the poison and killing Schrödinger's Cat. There is a 50% chance of that happening, which implies that there are equal chances of the feline being alive or dead. From a quantum mechanics perspective, the cat is both alive and dead at the same time but when you crack open the box and look, you will see that either the cat is alive or the cat is dead. 

Thus, Erwin Schrödinger lighted a firestorm of controversy in the theoretical physics community and you can review the different theories at your leisure if you care. (I suspect that if you care, you would have already done this, but My Journey Blog offers you references)
Why was Schrödinger doing these experiments (playing dice with the universe)?

My theory takes it a step further.


7 comments:

Opus #6 said...

Before I even clicked, I knew that if you were posting about a cat, it was going to be bad.

LL said...

Opus#6, I am an innocent observer of the human condition. I merely witness and report.

WoFat said...

If you have two democrats in a badge of apples, what time is it in Shanghai?

LL said...

WoFat: 2:35

WoFat said...

Lots of people wouldn't know that.

Nate said...

Today, PETA would be suing Schroedinger for animal abuse.

LL said...

Nate - And appropriately so.

WoFat - That's why you tune into this blog.

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