EpisparhActually the one who puts the cat in the box with cyanide and gamble with entropy makes the decision
Miseriif you mean Schrodinger's cat , then it is determined when an observer opens the box
Miseriif you mean Schrodinger's cat , then it is determined when an observer opens the box
MiseriEpisparhActually the one who puts the cat in the box with cyanide and gamble with entropy makes the decision
The concept of the cat trapped in the box was part of the explanation of observer focused causality (the idea that something only IS once its observed ) which collapses the waveform into reality by observation
That is to say it is not Alive nor is it Dead until it is observed by the opener of the box
Miseri The concept of the cat trapped in the box was part of the explanation of observer focused causality (the idea that something only IS once its observed ) which collapses the waveform into reality by observation
Quillmonkey Exactly. The tricky bit here is that while the observation (opening the box) causes one outcome or the other, it does not kill or save the cat. The cat is either already dead or already hungry. Opening just decides which of those has happened.
I don't reckon Schrodinger ever actually proposed this as a real experiment as a much easier and less anti-cat experiment already existed with the light passing through slits both as wave and particle thing ('masked double slit experiment'). Only on observation is it possible to state which was already the case. In fact, Schrodinger probably suggested the cat in the box as a example of how people can come up with absurd and ridiculous conclusions such as cats being both dead and alive at the same time.
MinonianDid anyone heard about NASA latest mess up?
