He didn't perform the experimentit was a thought experiment. The outcome depends on the quantum probability of a radioactive isotope decaying or not. Or you could apply it to the location of a single electron or some other quantum uncertainty.
The cat is both alive and dead until it's measured. Because the isotope is both and neither decayed and intact until you check to see. Superposition of states until you collapse the wave function.
And stuff.
(The cat is both alive and dead until it's measured. Because the isotope is both and neither decayed and intact until you check to see. Superposition of states until you collapse the wave function.
And stuff.
in vino veritas,
Wed 13 Sep 2006, 17:31,
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*asplodes*Remind me never to talk to you whilst sober. :)
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Hamster Trippin' aka Mr. Titts,
Wed 13 Sep 2006, 17:32,
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phew,I thought that stupid science types may have actually tested it, missing the point of it being a concept and not a weekend project.
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HappyToast Groat froth,
Wed 13 Sep 2006, 17:41,
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Scientists are people toothey're (we're?) not all power-crazed cackling loons in lab coats.
( in vino veritas,
Wed 13 Sep 2006, 17:44,
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