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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://framapiaf.org/users/davidrevoy/statuses/111478625358308444">David Revoy (davidrevoy@framapiaf.org)'s status on Monday, 27-Nov-2023 08:51:57 JST</a><a href="https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy" title="davidrevoy@framapiaf.org"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/4495-48-20230319145002.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="David Revoy" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">David Revoy</a><div><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@scottcarlson/111478581350747468" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@scottcarlson">@scottcarlson</a> I think if I need to refer to it, I'll use "Einstein unstable keg of gunpowder" that came a bit before with the same metaphor, but the story with the cat of Schrödinger did stick better in history : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat#Origin_and_motivation" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat#Origin_and_motivation</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2380825#notice-4704224">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-11-27T08:51:57+09:00" title="Monday, 27-Nov-2023 08:51:57 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy/111478625358308444" rel="external" title="Sent from framapiaf.org via ActivityPub">framapiaf.org</a></span></span><a href="https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy/111478625358308444">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: upload.wikimedia.org</div><h5><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat#Origin_and_motivation">Schrödinger's cat</a></h5><div></div></header><div>In quantum mechanics, Schrödinger's cat is a thought experiment, sometimes described as a paradox, of quantum superposition. In the thought experiment, a hypothetical cat may be considered simultaneously both alive and dead, while it is unobserved in a closed box, as a result of its fate being linked to a random subatomic event that may or may not occur. This thought experiment was devised by physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935 in a discussion with Albert Einstein to illustrate what Schrödinger saw as the problems of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. 
In Schrödinger's original formulation, a cat, a flask of poison, and a radioactive source are placed in a sealed box. If an internal radiation monitor (e.g. a Geiger counter) detects radioactivity (i.e. a single atom decaying), the flask is shattered, releasing the poison, which kills the cat. The Copenhagen interpretation implies that, after a while, the cat is simultaneously alive and dead. Yet, when one looks in the box, one sees the cat either alive or dead, not both alive and dead. This poses the question of when exactly quantum superposition...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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David Revoy (davidrevoy@framapiaf.org)'s status on Monday, 27-Nov-2023 08:51:57 JSTDavid Revoy
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@scottcarlson I think if I need to refer to it, I'll use "Einstein unstable keg of gunpowder" that came a bit before with the same metaphor, but the story with the cat of Schrödinger did stick better in history : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat#Origin_and_motivation
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  In quantum mechanics, Schrödinger's cat is a thought experiment, sometimes described as a paradox, of quantum superposition. In the thought experiment, a hypothetical cat may be considered simultaneously both alive and dead, while it is unobserved in a closed box, as a result of its fate being linked to a random subatomic event that may or may not occur. This thought experiment was devised by physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935 in a discussion with Albert Einstein to illustrate what Schrödinger saw as the problems of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. In Schrödinger's original formulation, a cat, a flask of poison, and a radioactive source are placed in a sealed box. If an internal radiation monitor (e.g. a Geiger counter) detects radioactivity (i.e. a single atom decaying), the flask is shattered, releasing the poison, which kills the cat. The Copenhagen interpretation implies that, after a while, the cat is simultaneously alive and dead. Yet, when one looks in the box, one sees the cat either alive or dead, not both alive and dead. This poses the question of when exactly quantum superposition...

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