Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Schrodinger and his cat

Schrodinger had this theory about a cat. It's pretty well known. Then my math teacher (Mr. Johnson--really cool guy) said he never really much liked schrodinger's cat. Naturally, I protested because, well, I like cats I suppose. And why would the guy make a theory if it wasn't possibly right and/or useful? At any rate, I proceeded to use logic and uncanny lucidity, verbosity, and reasoning skills to explain that Schrodinger's cat can be inbetween just as much as it likes when it's shut in a box as long as there is an inbetween. (which, of course, we assume to be postulated, since it's the entire point of the theory). Having proven Schrodinger's cat to my math teacher, I felt quite smug about it all. Except for one little fact. The one he pointed out to me. What do you need an inbetween for?

So that is my question to one and all who read this blog. Make use of the nameless cat supposedly once owned, borrowed, rented, or just plain used by a man apparrently named Schrodinger. Tell me what needs to be inbetween.

3 comments:

Ransom said...

I thought I left a sizeable comment on this. Didn't I make a large comment here?

March Hatter said...

ummm, nope, I never did see/recieve and therefore remove/delete one. Maybe you're thinking of another post? This post is pretty recent. . .

Ransom said...

I know it's pretty recent, and I drafted a huge comment with answers to all of your questions. Oh, well. I think the gist of it was
http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=690
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell's_theorem
http://www.scienceclarified.com/dispute/Vol-2/Do-hidden-variables-exist-for-quantum-systems.html