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Offline Marley's Ghost (Imbiber of Spirits)

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OK, who understands Schroedinger's Cat?
« on: September 04, 2012, 11:40:50 AM »
At a guess, very few of you - and even less could explain it!

Which is what makes this so interesting!
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Re: OK, who understands Schroedinger's Cat?
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2012, 11:58:56 AM »
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Re: OK, who understands Schroedinger's Cat?
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2012, 12:00:03 PM »
Are you suggesting that there are people who don't understand quantum mechanics?
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Re: OK, who understands Schroedinger's Cat?
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2012, 12:02:41 PM »
Well Growler doesn't, cos it's digital, innit?
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Re: OK, who understands Schroedinger's Cat?
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2012, 12:23:07 PM »
Quote from: Darwins Selection on September 04, 2012, 12:00:03 PM
Are you suggesting that there are people who don't understand quantum mechanics?

Are they the blokes who fix dish-washers?
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Re: OK, who understands Schroedinger's Cat?
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2012, 03:47:11 PM »
Personally I've always argued that the cat collapses the wave function so he never is alive and dead simultaneously.  whistle:
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« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2012, 03:57:52 PM »
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Re: OK, who understands Schroedinger's Cat?
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2012, 04:00:35 PM »
Quote from: Uncle Mort on September 04, 2012, 03:47:11 PM
Personally I've always argued that the cat collapses the wave function so he never is alive and dead simultaneously.  whistle:

So you're postulating another version of the cat with buttered toast strapped to its back then?

A kind of quantum spinning cat perpetual motion machine.
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Re: OK, who understands Schroedinger's Cat?
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2012, 04:06:55 PM »
Quote from: Marley's Ghost (Imbiber of Spirits) on September 04, 2012, 04:00:35 PM
So you're postulating another version of the cat with buttered toast strapped to its back then?

A kind of quantum spinning cat perpetual motion machine.

No.

The argument goes that the decay of a particular atom is unpredictable. So there is a probability wave that requires observation to make it collapse to a definite state. I merely say that the cat is the observer.
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« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2012, 04:12:17 PM »
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Re: OK, who understands Schroedinger's Cat?
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2012, 04:16:10 PM »
Quote from: Uncle Mort on September 04, 2012, 03:47:11 PM
Personally I've always argued that the cat collapses the wave function so he never is alive and dead simultaneously.  whistle:

Unlike Nick who is brain-dead and alive simultaneously....  Thumbs:
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« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2012, 04:22:18 PM »
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Re: OK, who understands Schroedinger's Cat?
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Re: OK, who understands Schroedinger's Cat?
« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2012, 05:40:37 PM »
Quote from: Uncle Mort on September 04, 2012, 03:47:11 PM
Personally I've always argued that the cat collapses the wave function so he never is alive and dead simultaneously.  whistle:

Well known that cats don't like water, so, they'd avoid waves like the plague (with or without surfboards)

Wow! Surfing quantum spinning toasted cats!
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Re: OK, who understands Schroedinger's Cat?
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2012, 11:22:10 AM »
Quote from: Marley's Ghost (Imbiber of Spirits) on September 04, 2012, 05:40:37 PM
Quote from: Uncle Mort on September 04, 2012, 03:47:11 PM
Personally I've always argued that the cat collapses the wave function so he never is alive and dead simultaneously.  whistle:

Well known that cats don't like water, so, they'd avoid waves like the plague (with or without surfboards)

Wow! Surfing quantum spinning toasted cats!

In a box too small to swing them.
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