Schrödinger's Cat
The subject of an experiment conducted by
mad crazy quatum physics man named
Schrödinger. Here is
the kicker of the experiment: Most believe that Schrödinger was attempting to prove that the cat was both dead and alive at a single point in time. This is not quite true. The fellow was merely attempting to prove that the rules regarding microscopic objects (such as particles that can be in "dual states" so to speak) are in no way governed by the established laws for macroscopic objects (a cat). You see, it is well established that a cat is either A. Dead or B. Alive. Schrödinger put his cat in a solid lead box with a
vial of gaseous hydrocyanic acid (
HCN(g)) and a radioactive
isotope with an established half life of about one hour. Because a single particle was used, the chance of it decaying was 50/50. The vial would be broken when the particle decayed, and the cat, being rather allergic to hydrocyanic acid, would die. The problem arises here. After an hour, the single radioactive particle, speaking on quatum terms, was in a dual state of decay and, eh, not decay. The laws of quatum physics say that all items in a
closed system can be related with well known and well tested equations. Using these equations, the cat is in a dual state of
being dead and alive. Not possible. Therefore, there can be no assumptions made regarding the relations of macroscopic objects and microscopic objects.However, I believe the cat was just a clear cut zombie cat.
Schrödinger's Cat
by lipplog on Jul 30, 2015 05:20:28
To add to Nope4810's definition...
"
Schrödinger's Cat is actually so complicated that even though I tried to explain it in the simpliest terms I could, I made no sense."
...Don't worry. The analogy is supposed to not make sense.
Schrödinger was trying to illustrate how absurd it is to apply
quantum mechanics on a
macro scale.
Schrödinger's Cat
by chunihan on Aug 18, 2012 21:55:24
There was a scientist named
Erwin Schrodinger who put a cat in a box and you can not see the cat so the cat is dead and alive
for say. This is popular with the show the Big Bang Theory and they use the phrase to describe relationships between the group of friends.
Example:
Sheldon: Your relationship with
Leonerd is like Schrödinger's Cat.
Penny: What?
Sheldon: Your relationship can be thought of as
good and bad to find out you need to open the box.
Schrödinger's cat
by QABCQ on Sep 07, 2012 18:05:39
Schrödinger want to kill his cat, so he made a plan. He put in cat in a sealed box. There are a
flask of poison and a radioactive source inside. When the box open. The cat will be either
dead or alive.
If the cat is alive. He will do it again until the cat is dead.
Schrödinger's cat music
by saskers on Jan 30, 2021 09:19:56
This is when you dream or think of music but when you try to play
it you find it is both not in
your head and in your head at the same time.
Example:
I woke up with the perfect
melody but when I tried to play it the
freaking thing was both there and
not there at the same time - freaking Schrödinger's cat music!
Schrödinger's Cat Paradox
by DCCXIV on Nov 03, 2015 00:22:01
1. (n.) A paradox created by Austrian physicist Erwin
Schrödinger which outlines a situation in which a cat in a box, must be for all intents and purposes be simultaneously both dead and alive at the same time. This tests the theory of
quantum mechanics by pouring in lethal radiation with the cat. Who knows if it's dead?
2. (n.) A justification for
killing cats
Cats Schrödinger
by Uno_Bruno on Oct 26, 2022 01:16:06
In quantum mechanics, Cats
Schrödinger In quantum mechanics is a thought experiment, that illustrates a paradox of
quantum superposition. In the thought experiment, a hypothetical Schrödinger may be considered simultaneously both alive and dead as a result of its fate being linked to a random
subatomic event that may or may not occur.
Schrödinger's Cat
by Owlss on Jun 13, 2022 10:25:55
Schrödinger's Cat is thought experiment that shows something called superposition, with a box, a cat, some poison (or radiation, or bomb, or whatever, it is just supposed to
kill the cat), and a object that could read a
particle's spin. Erwin
Schrödinger thought that if you put a cat in a box with something that could harm them, and you can't see inside the box, the cat is both dead and alive all at the same time.