Schrödinger's Cat - Sixty Symbols

Schrödinger's cat is an icon of modern physics - but what is it exactly? More physics and astronomy videos at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/

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[SSJkiller]

I guess Einstein ...

*puts on sunglasses*

couldn't think outside the box.

*YEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH­HHHHHHHHH*

[TheHippieLip]

Im not a specialist or anything but,

In order for this whole theory to make sense you have to assume that the only point of view that is in play, is the human's. What about the cat's....

[hackum1]

Bitches like explosives.

[DigitizedSelf]

The question the Schrödinger's cat experiment poses is at which scale quantum mechanical effects stop... would be awesome with a vid on this topic O.o

[cloffff]

QM itself contains the solution to all its "problems".

To resolve @TheHippieLip 's question about whose consciousness causes what to collapse, just analyze the entire situation quantum mechanically, including observers. If you do, QM implies that "observation" just means the observer becomes entangled with the subject system. QM implies you cant observe superpositions because through observation you become part of the superposition. No paradox, no spooky role for consciousness in physics.

[cybSwarley]

@WorldInFlamesAgain you killed it when you opened the box...

[WorldInFlamesAgain]

I tried this with my hamster.

R.I.P.

[akedemo]

The professor's cat is very cute. WHY doesn't this video go viral.

[backhandable]

@TheHippieLip That's the whole point the cat knows if its alive or dead (obviously) its just the human perspective that we are interested in. It's like saying the atom knows whats going on but we don't so we have to make the assumption that it's both alive and dead.

[PinkCammy]

i still don't get it *bangs head on desk*....

[Spart248]

@TheHippieLip That is incorrect. The cat's consciousness determines just as much as a human's. However, one cannot be conscious of himself, therefore in this scenario, the cat's consciousness does not matter because he cannot be conscious of himself, so we need to be conscious of it, collapsing the wave-function and determining its fate. The question is, who is conscious of us?