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Published on May 8, 2012

"I Don't Think It Means What You Think It Means" examines scientific theories that have taken on a life of their own in popular culture & we help you understand what they really mean in scientific terms. Today we take on Schrodinger's Cat, the famous thought experiment by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrodinger.

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  • IAmEpicerThanYou

    Ha! I did think what you thought it meant!

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  • darkstickman1

    Heisenberg and Schrodinger are speeding down the highway when they are pulled over by a cop. The cop strolls up to the window as Heisenberg roles it down.

    The cop asks, "Sir do you know how fast you were going?"

    Heisenberg's, "No, but I know where I was."

    The cop decides to search the car.

    He opens the trunk and says, "Sir do you know you have a dead cat?"

    Schrodinger say, "I do now!"

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  • HackerinyourPC2008

    Portal 2 :)

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  • heckubiss1

    our perception of space and time is just wave function collapse. They are only illusions.. although stubborn ones.

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  • sbcavo4332

    Bioshock Infinite plays with the alternate quantum scenario theory a fuckton.

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  • Andrea Grieco

    The essence of the matter is this. Nobody can understand Quantum mechanics. Those who say they understand it, affirm their folly!

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  • Kaushik Choudhury

    IDTIMWYTIM - May I request video on Supercooling ?

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  • superliteman

    3:12 the plot to bioshock infinite

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  • sanchir otgonbold

    so this law applies to "bioshock: infinite" too?

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  • kid12j

    You got top comment, just thought I'd let you know...

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  • hejmuhko

    They aren't "non-quantum" then: That's the point of these experiments.

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