Is Schrodinger's Damn Cat Alive or Dead

[The Lone Liberal]

[Syrinx]

1. I killed it! I killed it!

Damn, but I just couldn't resist taking a look.

[dave29]

2. This cat

is dead

[Wonk]

3. Last week's poll on this was inconclusive...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=1057107

[Exultant Democracy]

4. Like I've said before, OTHER

The cat got pissed by the whole premise and skipped town.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

5. Do it your self Schrodinger's................

http://www.phobe.com/s_cat/s_cat.html

a.k.a.: Reality for Dummies.

[DieboldMustDie]

6. I thought it was neither dead nor alive.

But what do I know? :silly:

[Speck Tater]

7. According to the Copenhagen interpretation...

... it is neither until an observation is made. However, the CAT makes an observation before the box is opened, so the correct answer is...

Only the cat knows for sure.

However, there are viable alternatives to the Copenhagen interpreataion, such as Bohm's interpretation which implies that the cat is definitely alive, or definitely dead before we open the box. We just don't know which until the box is opened.

Now what I really want to know about is Scroedinger's lotto ticket...

[Guaranteed]

9. How can a dead cat make an observation? nt

[Donkeyboy75]

8. Pun: Think outside the box.

The question was asked almost 100 years ago. The damn cat's dead! The world record for longest-lived cat is 42 years!

[ET Awful]

10. As I've said before. . . I have no clue. . . but that Schroedinger is . .

one sick bastard to do that to a cat. :)

[greatauntoftriplets]

11. Where's the kegger?

It's a bit past 6 a.m., may as well get an early start.

[hyphenate]

12. Can't we substitute one of the evil regime

for the poor cat? I'd prefer thinking about *, Dickhead or Asscroft inside that box than some poor, fictional cat who never harmed anyone.