Can someone simplify the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment?
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jimmypaddy
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Here's a very simple version. "The thought experiment presents a cat that might be alive or dead, depending on an earlier random event." More details, if needed, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat
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Sure, no problem. If you put a cat in a sealed box, and hook it up to a quantum event detector, the probability is high that the cat will crap in the box, destroy the detector, claw it's way out, race out into the street in frustration, and get hit by a truck. So the cat will be alive for a while, then dead.
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