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In fact all I have left is Galaxies, 2 semesters of quantum, and the rest is research & thesis
The point being that the cat's actual state only matters if there is an observer of said state. For example, I may misplace my car keys, and if I remember where I've misplaced them, I can hope that they're still there when I go to find them. But, they're only actually ''there''...if as the observer, I've found them. In some ways I disagree, because to me, if the cat is dead, it's dead regardless if I'm observing its state or not. But, Schrodinger had different ideas....But seriously, what is the point being made by the cat in a box thing? And is it related to Heisenbergs uncertainty principle?
The cat is either dead or alive, not both. The dissipation of quantum coherence through millions of interactions between the atoms in the cat's body means quantum superpisition terms would cancel away to zero and only the classical results remain.So, I get that Schrodinger came up with a thought experiment to disprove the common interpretation of quantum mechanics. Some have claimed that it wasn't so much an experiment, as an illustration. Nonetheless, we all know the gist of Schrodinger's cat. But, it isn't that the cat is both dead and alive (that doesn't make sense), it's that the possibility of the cat being dead or alive until one observes its actual state, is what Schrodinger was trying to illustrate?
Yes, I stated that as part of the OP, but I like your elaboration.The cat is either dead or alive, not both. The dissipation of quantum coherence through millions of interactions between the atoms in the cat's body means quantum superpisition terms would cancel away to zero and only the classical results remain.
Exactly. They are unbroken. The fact that they will fall and break as soon as you open the cupboard, is a mere conjecture, based upon probability.I am indeed "observing their actual state" and feel I can say that they are unbroken.
Hmmm, I had always understood that the process of observing the 'cat' at the quantum level to determine its state necessitated a technical process that unfortunately due to the sensitivity issues alters the original state one is trying to observe?Exactly. They are unbroken. The fact that they will fall and break as soon as you open the cupboard, is a mere conjecture, based upon probability.
But it didn't happen.
The dissipation of quantum coherence is at best irrelevant here and more likely a reformulation of exactly the same kinds of problems Schrödinger was addressing without actually addressing them at all, merely pushing the problems back (or further) without realizing what the issues are:The cat is either dead or alive, not both. The dissipation of quantum coherence through millions of interactions between the atoms in the cat's body means quantum superpisition terms would cancel away to zero and only the classical results remain.