Sort ofIt exists in a state of quantum flux, neither one thing nor the other until the box is opened and the act of observing makes the waveforms collapse into one or other of the probabilities.
Schroedinger meant it as a satire on quantum physics but it turned out to be a rather good analogy for it and he went on to become one of the foremost quantum physicists (and won the Nobel Prize while he was at it, but they didn't know until they looked in the envelope).
(Schroedinger meant it as a satire on quantum physics but it turned out to be a rather good analogy for it and he went on to become one of the foremost quantum physicists (and won the Nobel Prize while he was at it, but they didn't know until they looked in the envelope).
Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Wed 22 Nov 2006, 16:15,
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does that cat knowif its alive or dead. that could be interesting.
mmmm no wonder they get 9 lives guess you gotta work it out
(mmmm no wonder they get 9 lives guess you gotta work it out
boff FL OZ,
Wed 22 Nov 2006, 16:18,
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You have to usequite a stupid cat.
( Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Wed 22 Nov 2006, 16:27,
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He wasn't going to win itbut by observing it they changed the outcome.
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nick the greek,
Wed 22 Nov 2006, 16:21,
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you're rightSchroedinger wanted to say that you can't translate quantum dynamics onto macroscopic objects that easily, because the outcome is almost always complete bollocks.
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pzyko Query failed.,
Wed 22 Nov 2006, 16:22,
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