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Nasty hobitses did not mention radioactive particle decay or poison ~~vile~~ vial! Cat is just dead dead dead!! Suffocated, starved, sensory deprived cat!
*vial
poison is vile, killing cats is vile, I see absolutely no problem here >.>
Wait... So the radioactive material or poison is meant to keep the cat alive? 🤔
no, the vial of poison and radioactive particle connected to a device that breaks the vial when it detects the particle's decay is what makes the cat's state probabilistic. Otherwise it's just a cat in a box
BTW, the state of the cat being probabilistic is meant to be absurd or paradoxical, since Schrodinger's cat is supposed to be a thought experiment against quantum superposition.
Yup. Turns out he was super wrong though and existence is just that fucked up at the quantum level
Tell that to your imaginary Gollum that claims without that stuff, the cat is dead. lol
..... it's a sealed box with no holes ..... the cat is very dead or will be very soon
it's meant to keep schroedinger away