Subject: Possibly
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Posted on: 2015-03-17 00:19:00 UTC

Well it depends on which theory of Quantum Mechanics one subscribes to. As I understand it Schrödinger's Cat was designed to show the absurdities of the Copenhagen Interpretation. Or in other words, something simultaneously exists in two contradictory states until observed.

But the Copenhagen Theory is not the only interpretation. You have the Many Worlds Approach. The observer is basically split into two separate realities running parallel with each other. One where the cat is alive, the other where the cat is dead.

There is also the Relational Interpretation, which I am not going to even try to explain, because even the Quantum Mechanics for Dummies Page on it makes no sense to me.

Then there is the Objective Collapse Theory, which basically says once a certain threshold is met, the superpositions, i.e., living and dead cat, collapse only into one. That single state is what would be observed when the box is open.

Also if it is not clear, I am not a Quantum Mechanics Theorist and I may be misunderstanding it or outright making things up. I really do not know. But then again, maybe I actually do know Quantum Mechanics and am therefore I am in a state where I simultaneously know and do not know Quantum Mechanics.

Wait. Did I just turn myself into Schrödinger's Cat? I think whatever point I was trying to make is now likely invalid.

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