Schrodinger's cat is one of the most common subjects in modern physics for cartoonists. Here's what Erwin Schrodinger said about his famous thought experiment, "One can even set up quite ridiculous cases. A cat is penned up in a steel chamber, along with the following diabolical device. (which must be secured against direct interference by the cat): In a Geiger counter, there is a tiny bit of radioactive substance, so small that perhaps in the course of one hour, one of the atoms decays, but also, with equal probability, perhaps none; if it happens, the counter tube discharges, and through a relay releases a hammer which shatters a small flask of hydrocyanic acid. If one has left this entire system to itself for an hour, one would say that the cat still lives if, meanwhile, no atom has decayed. The first atomic decay would have poisoned it. The function of the entire system would express this by having in it the living and dead cat (pardon the expression) mixed or smeared out in equal parts." xkcd is a webcomic by Randall Munroe who has a background in physics and robotics. His take on the Schrodinger problem avoids the cat but captures the paradox. Is it funny or not? How would you explain this to someone who has heard of Schrodinger's cat, but hasn't studied any modern physics? Schrödinger's Comic of spenn The last panel of this comic is both funny and not funny at the & same time. of tinklel Until you read it there's no way to tell which it will end up being DE Shit. WEDNING 06 30
Schrodinger's cat is one of the most common subjects in modern physics for cartoonists. Here's what Erwin Schrodinger said about his famous thought experiment, "One can even set up quite ridiculous cases. A cat is penned up in a steel chamber, along with the following diabolical device. (which must be secured against direct interference by the cat): In a Geiger counter, there is a tiny bit of radioactive substance, so small that perhaps in the course of one hour, one of the atoms decays, but also, with equal probability, perhaps none; if it happens, the counter tube discharges, and through a relay releases a hammer which shatters a small flask of hydrocyanic acid. If one has left this entire system to itself for an hour, one would say that the cat still lives if, meanwhile, no atom has decayed. The first atomic decay would have poisoned it. The function of the entire system would express this by having in it the living and dead cat (pardon the expression) mixed or smeared out in equal parts." xkcd is a webcomic by Randall Munroe who has a background in physics and robotics. His take on the Schrodinger problem avoids the cat but captures the paradox. Is it funny or not? How would you explain this to someone who has heard of Schrodinger's cat, but hasn't studied any modern physics? Schrödinger's Comic of spenn The last panel of this comic is both funny and not funny at the & same time. of tinklel Until you read it there's no way to tell which it will end up being DE Shit. WEDNING 06 30
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Transcribed Image Text:Schrodinger's cat is one of the most common subjects in modern physics for cartoonists. Here's
what Erwin Schrodinger said about his famous thought experiment, "One can even set up quite
ridiculous cases. A cat is penned up in a steel chamber, along with the following diabolical device
(which must be secured against direct interference by the cat): In a Geiger counter, there is a tiny
bit of radioactive substance, so small that perhaps in the course of one hour, one of the atoms
decays, but also, with equal probability, perhaps none; if it happens, the counter tube discharges,
and through a relay releases a hammer which shatters a small flask of hydrocyanic acid. If one has
left this entire system to itself for an hour, one would say that the cat still lives if, meanwhile, no
atom has decayed. The first atomic decay would have poisoned it. The function of the entire
system would express this by having in it the living and dead cat (pardon the expression) mixed or smeared out in equal parts."
xkcd is a webcomic by Randall Munroe who has a background in physics and robotics. His take on the Schrodinger problem avoids the cat but captures the paradox. Is it funny or
not? How would you explain this to someone who has heard of Schrodinger's cat, but hasn't studied any modern physics?
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