Physics - Modern Physics - Quantum Mechanics - Wave functions and probability - Schrödinger's Cat Explained
The famous thought experiment, properly explained. 'A cat is in a sealed box with a radioactive atom. If the atom decays (50% chance in 1 hour), a Geiger counter triggers poison. After 1 hour, is the cat alive or dead?' Option A: 'Dead or alive - we just don't know which.' Option B: 'In a superposit