Schrödinger's cat: A thought experiment in quantum mechanics - Chad Orzel

View full lesson: ed.ted.com/lessons/schrodinger...
Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, posed this famous question: If you put a cat in a sealed box with a device that has a 50% chance of killing the cat in the next hour, what will be the state of the cat when that time is up? Chad Orzel investigates this thought experiment.
Lesson by Chad Orzel, animation by Agota Vegso.

Пікірлер: 9 100

  • @noahquiles5791
    @noahquiles57913 жыл бұрын

    Shakespeare: “To be or not to be...” Schrodinger: “To be and* not to be...”

  • @deus2570

    @deus2570

    3 жыл бұрын

    Schrodinger: "To be or not to be" *and I took that personally*

  • @alchemist2048

    @alchemist2048

    3 жыл бұрын

    Scooby : Dobeedoobeedoo

  • @Anonymous-kw7ls

    @Anonymous-kw7ls

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@alchemist2048 😂😂😂

  • @aditya-rt4zb

    @aditya-rt4zb

    3 жыл бұрын

    answer of every great question is a paradox

  • @mars9842

    @mars9842

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@aditya-rt4zb almost like everything and its opposite exist

  • @varvaramir
    @varvaramir Жыл бұрын

    I love how schrodinger discovered the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and then just went "this is bs, im doing biology now"

  • @mikemondano3624

    @mikemondano3624

    Жыл бұрын

    As you advance in any field, the boundaries between them start to frazzle and knowledge and interest become monolithic. He never changed subjects, just focus.

  • @sagwan6991

    @sagwan6991

    Жыл бұрын

    most of science is just bs that just makes the most sense of all the sea of bs

  • @cowllama1353

    @cowllama1353

    Жыл бұрын

    Valid

  • @Listereen

    @Listereen

    Жыл бұрын

    bababoeey whats bs

  • @duckduckshoes6393

    @duckduckshoes6393

    Жыл бұрын

    Not true cat actually makes sound from time to time so if you woudl stand close to the box you would know wheter the cat is dead or alive, no superposition.

  • @katia7440
    @katia74402 жыл бұрын

    You could show me this video like 10times and even if i payed real attention to it i could never understand it to the point where i would be able to explain it to someone. This is beyond the intellectual skills i could ever conquer in my whole life.

  • @peeter07

    @peeter07

    Жыл бұрын

    The reason why you should be afraid of physics and chemistry

  • @safaeit

    @safaeit

    11 ай бұрын

    I heard one famous scientist said if you find science boring, you’re learning from the wrong teacher. It’s either he doesn’t want you to learn or he doesn’t fully understand himself, explaining like an AI.

  • @finixmoon127

    @finixmoon127

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@safaeit This isn't about finding science boring (well perhaps for this person it might be), it's about understanding it

  • @they.love.claire

    @they.love.claire

    11 ай бұрын

    I really dont understand intellectual but ok

  • @GRT999

    @GRT999

    11 ай бұрын

    In fairness it's dumbed down to the point it forgets to explain anything

  • @JustSomeDinosaurPerson
    @JustSomeDinosaurPerson2 жыл бұрын

    A lot of people in the comments are missing the point. The point isn't "we don't know until we open the box". The point is that the cat IS both alive and dead until we open the box, which forces it into a definite state of one or the other. The point is that our interaction (which is a placeholder for measurements in physics) influences the outcome and changes the behavior of the entity being interacted with/measured into a definite state.

  • @niyaziaktn1596

    @niyaziaktn1596

    2 жыл бұрын

    So is the cat ded or alive? Am damb

  • @Skanda1111

    @Skanda1111

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Your comment made it very easy to understand.

  • @Rspknlikeab0ssxd

    @Rspknlikeab0ssxd

    2 жыл бұрын

    Forgive me but I've always been very confused about Schrodinger's Cat. How can something be both dead, and alive, simultaneously? If, to be alive, we must be consciously aware, have a heartbeat, etc., how can it be that we both have and lack consciousness, a pulse, and the like experiences? Schrodinger stipulates in his thought experiment that there is a 50 percent chance that the cat will be alive after the hour, and a fifty percent chance that it won't be alive after an hour. How does our interaction influence the outcome of the scenario? It seems to me that whether or not the cat is alive or dead is not ontologically significant. The cat's being alive is only epistemically significant, it seems to me. By that I mean that whether or not we observe the cat makes no difference as to whether or not the cat is dead or alive. It only matters insofar as we can *know* that the cat is dead, or alive. Is this not the case? And, if Schrodinger's Cat is only epistemically significant, why is that point not emphasized? It seems they threaten the fallacy of equivocation by not specifiying. Maybe I'm just missing the point. I don't pretend to be well-understood insofar as science is concerned (let alone a physicist), and I admire those who are. I would appreciate someone simplifying the Schrodinger's Cat thought experiment to the level of a child, while retaining its precise meaning, for me.

  • @jinolin9062

    @jinolin9062

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Rspknlikeab0ssxd the thought experiment is not about the cat but the fact that until we directly observe the object, the object is it two states at once when talking about quantum mechanics as far as I understand it. The cat could just as easily be a coin with a machine that flips it inside the box. Is the coin on heads or tails? No, the coin is one ~both~ heads & tails until we observe it according to quantum mechanics.

  • @Rspknlikeab0ssxd

    @Rspknlikeab0ssxd

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jinolin9062 So then, as I am understanding what you're saying, quantum mechanics is inconsistent on logical grounds. For, it is inconsistent for something to be both alive and dead, heads and tails, be or not be, yes and no, etc. simultaneously.

  • @nebulaanishh
    @nebulaanishh5 жыл бұрын

    Your crush actually likes you and doesn't like you at the same time, until your curiosity makes you approach her.

  • @farwakhan4423

    @farwakhan4423

    5 жыл бұрын

    ... then she rejects you and you're dead inside while being alive

  • @GAMINGWITHCHINAR

    @GAMINGWITHCHINAR

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hmmm.... I was not able to understand the video ... Until I saw this comment ... Thnx btw

  • @jumanahidris2973

    @jumanahidris2973

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nice!

  • @aarambhverma1550

    @aarambhverma1550

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oh man! You really made the concept very easy! True genius exists here! Love you brother!😁😁

  • @jumanahidris2973

    @jumanahidris2973

    5 жыл бұрын

    @peeps hi whyever not?

  • @johnyboy228
    @johnyboy2283 жыл бұрын

    Everybody at schrodinger’s funeral: *hmmm*

  • @frazzydoof770

    @frazzydoof770

    3 жыл бұрын

    both dead and alive until the casket is opened

  • @zenokwon1177

    @zenokwon1177

    3 жыл бұрын

    *DUN DUN DUUUUN*

  • @greenlite37

    @greenlite37

    3 жыл бұрын

    Schrodinger:I don't know if cat is dead or alive Cat:meow! Schrodinger:shut up!

  • @hydro3672

    @hydro3672

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@frazzydoof770 technically since he did not die in the box this is not correct let me explain he was dead before hand so he would not have a chance to be alive if the box is opened there is only one outcome in that instance also his funeral was open casket so no schrodinger's cat theory was used on the funeral but you didn't know that so technically this was a schrodinger's cat theory example his funeral had a 50% chance of being open casket and a 50% chance of not me telling you it was opens the box to find your cat alive glad i saw your comment made me exercise my brain a bit 😁

  • @9se-floresshansylverc.398

    @9se-floresshansylverc.398

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@hydro3672 It's a joke, but wow, that's a good way to exercise a brain.

  • @grandpastories1483
    @grandpastories14832 жыл бұрын

    "I don't know if the *cat* is dead or alive until I open the box" "Meow" "Shut up"

  • @dragon_mind1254
    @dragon_mind1254 Жыл бұрын

    2:25 I’m learning this right now. Suppose you put a detector on both sides of the slits that detect which side the particle is coming from. It will not act as a wave function anymore, but as a particle. Take away the detectors and then it acts as the wave functions again. Quantum physics/mechanics is cool.

  • @vsgaming5933

    @vsgaming5933

    Жыл бұрын

    Isn't it a phenomenon

  • @elonmuskito7249

    @elonmuskito7249

    Жыл бұрын

    ohh yea the good old double slit Exp

  • @mohamedalhusni6255

    @mohamedalhusni6255

    Жыл бұрын

    is it because the observer affects the outcome itself ?

  • @mae-oz3eb

    @mae-oz3eb

    Жыл бұрын

    my father explained it to me cause he's obsessed with physics and i think its really cool

  • @thehalfbloodprince-nm8uk

    @thehalfbloodprince-nm8uk

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@mohamedalhusni6255You can think it in this way When the particle doesn't interact with matter it acts like a wave. But when it interacts with matter it behaves like a particle Disclaimer: I may or may not be correct

  • @dogl0ver03
    @dogl0ver037 жыл бұрын

    so if you open the box and the cat is dead, then your curiosity killed the cat

  • @vik24oct1991

    @vik24oct1991

    7 жыл бұрын

    It is not like that , it is more like , the cat is already dead and alive but you are able to see one of them.

  • @AiNaKa

    @AiNaKa

    7 жыл бұрын

    The joke Your head

  • @zachzent8287

    @zachzent8287

    7 жыл бұрын

    Renee Claude My dog is named Curiosity

  • @saintpluto5613

    @saintpluto5613

    7 жыл бұрын

    Even if you dont look, its either dead or alive so for instance if you dont look and its dead you just never know but its dead anyway. I mean our observation wont determine the cats situation right? That takes place anyway wether we look or we dont look.

  • @Kebabrulle4869

    @Kebabrulle4869

    7 жыл бұрын

    Or, y'know, The curiosity killed *your* cat

  • @solutionghostsimple6470
    @solutionghostsimple64705 жыл бұрын

    Wanted Schrödinger's cat : Dead and Alive

  • @mattghostly5261

    @mattghostly5261

    5 жыл бұрын

    Simple Cormac this would make a cool t-shirt

  • @colhany

    @colhany

    5 жыл бұрын

    This comment is underrated

  • @EpicFuckingCoolGuy69420

    @EpicFuckingCoolGuy69420

    5 жыл бұрын

    I HAVE A BOOK THAT SAYS THAT!!!!!

  • @quixoticat7658

    @quixoticat7658

    5 жыл бұрын

    please make this into a poster

  • @excitedcat9517

    @excitedcat9517

    5 жыл бұрын

    Last seen inside a box

  • Жыл бұрын

    I would love a video on Schrödinger's "What is life?" answer. The definition he gave is one of the most beautiful and profound things I have ever heard

  • @aditisharma66
    @aditisharma66 Жыл бұрын

    Let's appreciate the quality of animation used to design and explain quantum mechanics in a better way. It's extremely helpful for all the students studying it in academics. Good job :)

  • @nescafegold8119

    @nescafegold8119

    6 ай бұрын

    Good review lol❤

  • @arandomjoe9749
    @arandomjoe97493 жыл бұрын

    Is schrödinger trying to explain “I don’t know” with science

  • @watertommyz

    @watertommyz

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yesnt

  • @plumcvnt1937

    @plumcvnt1937

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is so easy, he just made a logical thing into something very scientific

  • @adoritowithlegs6468

    @adoritowithlegs6468

    3 жыл бұрын

    the answer is yes and no at the same time. The only way to find the reality is to go and ask him.

  • @RealNiggaKazutoKirigaiTheThird

    @RealNiggaKazutoKirigaiTheThird

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@watertommyz I hate you 😂

  • @whotfdidthis

    @whotfdidthis

    3 жыл бұрын

    damn fr!

  • @Stitchpuppy01
    @Stitchpuppy015 жыл бұрын

    I understood the word "cat."

  • @-yourandyoureare2different612

    @-yourandyoureare2different612

    5 жыл бұрын

    What's a cat?

  • @misterprecocious2491

    @misterprecocious2491

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@-yourandyoureare2different612 An antidog.

  • @mathijsbirahy1190

    @mathijsbirahy1190

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@-yourandyoureare2different612 That's China's main food source

  • @shelzi4113

    @shelzi4113

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@-yourandyoureare2different612 love you're username

  • @sorrychangedmyusername3594

    @sorrychangedmyusername3594

    4 жыл бұрын

    Chad

  • @colby722
    @colby7222 жыл бұрын

    I've been puzzled by this for so long I needed to watch this. Explained it to me so well it seems really simple

  • @asparkdeity8717
    @asparkdeity8717 Жыл бұрын

    I watched this video first years ago as a child who was baffled by this; now, in my second year of my undergrad maths course studying quantum mechanics as one of my courses, this makes so much more sense!

  • @vanessas2363

    @vanessas2363

    Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant. Stick in

  • @abidbourdi6877
    @abidbourdi68773 жыл бұрын

    I will act like I understood everything

  • @whodeyharambe5776

    @whodeyharambe5776

    3 жыл бұрын

    If anyone says they fully understand ... You lie

  • @whodeyharambe5776

    @whodeyharambe5776

    3 жыл бұрын

    @not Funny I know ...not funny😾😺

  • @rodmaiquez726

    @rodmaiquez726

    3 жыл бұрын

    You need to act, to understand something

  • @bocar4127

    @bocar4127

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s yes and no at the same time

  • @ShahidAhmed07

    @ShahidAhmed07

    3 жыл бұрын

    @not Funny no it its more, if didn't understand quantum physics mean you understood.

  • @tomalmog8738
    @tomalmog87384 жыл бұрын

    "To be or not to be, that is the question" - Schrödinger's cat

  • @rcho223

    @rcho223

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tom Almog 😂😂 ok I’ll admit I kinda laughed

  • @sandipambulkar47

    @sandipambulkar47

    4 жыл бұрын

    OMG man!

  • @rtendotapiwa306

    @rtendotapiwa306

    4 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @mariafe7050

    @mariafe7050

    4 жыл бұрын

    To be AND not to be

  • @wamko8493

    @wamko8493

    4 жыл бұрын

    Confused cat noises

  • @Tanmay5616
    @Tanmay5616 Жыл бұрын

    This is one of the channel who help me to understand educational concepts. Nice explanation!

  • @Leroy0070

    @Leroy0070

    2 ай бұрын

    True. It simplifies ideas ahead making it easy for one know what/how to learn.

  • @gbzorro
    @gbzorro Жыл бұрын

    If we place these explanations Schrodinger's Cat and Quantum Mechanics into my brain, it melts.

  • @SebNeverMiss
    @SebNeverMiss3 жыл бұрын

    Schrodinger: there is no way that you can tell if the cat is alive or dead without opening the box Cat: *meow* Schrödinger: ...

  • @filmyfatafatIndia

    @filmyfatafatIndia

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂😂

  • @APXSTUDIO

    @APXSTUDIO

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ok cat is alive

  • @ibrahimshaheen1

    @ibrahimshaheen1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Actually it's more like observing which can be by hearing, seeing........etc

  • @austin3789

    @austin3789

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is the best!

  • @amansinghrollno-7167

    @amansinghrollno-7167

    3 жыл бұрын

    Proceeds to shoot the cat

  • @nickc.4070
    @nickc.40706 жыл бұрын

    schrödinger: doctor, how is my cat doing? doctor: i've got good news and bad news...

  • @stephanier5220

    @stephanier5220

    5 жыл бұрын

    lmao

  • @anirudhsharma5211

    @anirudhsharma5211

    5 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @majdayoub2344

    @majdayoub2344

    5 жыл бұрын

    Good news OR bad news

  • @zazaeater43

    @zazaeater43

    5 жыл бұрын

    Doctor: ur cat is half dead and half alive Schrödinger: That means my cat is in a superposition

  • @phenomenalphysics3548

    @phenomenalphysics3548

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Orion D. Hunter lmao😂❤️❤️❤️

  • @kondwaniphiri9772
    @kondwaniphiri9772 Жыл бұрын

    that flew over my head ,am watching it again

  • @janhvinarayan1633
    @janhvinarayan163310 ай бұрын

    Seeing this after studying wave optics in school and heard of this experiment in the big bang theory, science and universe is so vast and great, we never know enough and that's incredible

  • @simonc7221
    @simonc72214 жыл бұрын

    This is like the mystery of wether or not the refrigerator light stays on when the door is closed

  • @mariafe7050

    @mariafe7050

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's on AND off until you open the door.

  • @mr.knightthedetective7435

    @mr.knightthedetective7435

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's off because when you close it it hits the button at closing angle...

  • @walterblanchard2092

    @walterblanchard2092

    4 жыл бұрын

    Schroeder cat poem

  • @carolinedelafuente7251

    @carolinedelafuente7251

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me as a kid. I would peek and close the fridge door very slowly until I realized there's an actual switch🤦‍♀️

  • @abhijeetchouhan5949

    @abhijeetchouhan5949

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mr.knightthedetective7435 r/woooooosh

  • @thatguitardude4307
    @thatguitardude43075 жыл бұрын

    Me: So, is the cat alive? Schrödinger: Well yes, but actually no.

  • @basil3630

    @basil3630

    5 жыл бұрын

    *Nice Meme*

  • @flowerondiscord4254

    @flowerondiscord4254

    5 жыл бұрын

    *Maybe, maybe not*

  • @humbertojimmy

    @humbertojimmy

    5 жыл бұрын

    Schrodinger's cat went criminal. Now he is wanted, dead *and* alive!

  • @SRoy-rk3tj

    @SRoy-rk3tj

    5 жыл бұрын

    Should’ve said Well yes AND actually no

  • @thatguitardude4307

    @thatguitardude4307

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@humbertojimmy Good song

  • @colinwhite5355
    @colinwhite53558 ай бұрын

    I used Google translate to produce several recording of this explanation, including in; Yiddish, Swahili and Urdu. I then played them backwards, simultaneously. It made the whole thing so much easier to understand.

  • @vinfinity8940
    @vinfinity89404 ай бұрын

    I am glad I understood this video better than ever after 3years and a physics degree.

  • @Shereigna
    @Shereigna4 жыл бұрын

    Schrödinger’s Cat walked into a bar. and doesn’t.

  • @25arushbhatnagar56

    @25arushbhatnagar56

    4 жыл бұрын

    Zenorita copied

  • @verticalflyingb737

    @verticalflyingb737

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@25arushbhatnagar56 Copied who? Cmon' man don't leave us on a cliffhanger

  • @Shereigna

    @Shereigna

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@25arushbhatnagar56 Yup

  • @zerovalue2961

    @zerovalue2961

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cant believe I laughed at this

  • @parsnipguy2986

    @parsnipguy2986

    4 жыл бұрын

    this grammar is killing me

  • @caytlin100
    @caytlin1005 жыл бұрын

    My mom: you room is a mess Me: mom, that’s the superposition of the atoms. Until you opened the door my room was a non existence state. So is a mess and is clean at the same time. My mom:

  • @kathy582

    @kathy582

    5 жыл бұрын

    caytlin100 my mom: smacks the superposition out of me😂😂😂

  • @jc.maccount5945

    @jc.maccount5945

    5 жыл бұрын

    You have future kid 😂

  • @alexmercer6585

    @alexmercer6585

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mom response :👊👊👊🖐👊

  • @revelbangtanexo2642

    @revelbangtanexo2642

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂😂 lmaoooo

  • @thanhcongnguyen181

    @thanhcongnguyen181

    4 жыл бұрын

    Your mom: no internet for the rest of your life and 24/7 grounded

  • @bluejesus105
    @bluejesus105 Жыл бұрын

    This means we should close our loved once in a box and leave them there and as long as we dont open it, they are gonna be with us forever.

  • @Kyrelel

    @Kyrelel

    Ай бұрын

    Well done, you just invented a coffin

  • @Alixxusa
    @Alixxusa Жыл бұрын

    Ah got to love a video that explains everything and nothing all in one go 😌

  • @jimmyjordan5048
    @jimmyjordan50484 жыл бұрын

    Guess what the comment was by reading replies.

  • @rtendotapiwa306

    @rtendotapiwa306

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes! And No! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @taleahnelson7855

    @taleahnelson7855

    4 жыл бұрын

    dont call me out like that... 😅😂

  • @isellseagullsfor1dollar729

    @isellseagullsfor1dollar729

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lmao that is so true for me rn. I am meant to be doing english but im learning science with this vid

  • @bjct5002

    @bjct5002

    4 жыл бұрын

    I often watch how to be productive videos instead of being productive

  • @jimmyjordan5048

    @jimmyjordan5048

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Maselek yeah.

  • @thewalkingbread706
    @thewalkingbread7064 жыл бұрын

    “So is the cat alive or dead?” Schrödinger: *yes*

  • @samar5838

    @samar5838

    4 жыл бұрын

    Stolen comment

  • @banjomcgee6333

    @banjomcgee6333

    4 жыл бұрын

    You are so addicted to likes that you steal comments to feel good about yourself.

  • @suhasop4919

    @suhasop4919

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yesn't

  • @bored2096

    @bored2096

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@banjomcgee6333 dayum

  • @jahsac4571

    @jahsac4571

    3 жыл бұрын

    Perhaps

  • @ronaldl9085
    @ronaldl9085 Жыл бұрын

    Great explanation. Thanks for sharing.

  • @JoyDavidson
    @JoyDavidson Жыл бұрын

    Amazing explanation. Thank you.

  • @teddyvia7134
    @teddyvia71344 жыл бұрын

    no cats were harmed in this experiment - or were they..

  • @luna-hu5uw

    @luna-hu5uw

    4 жыл бұрын

    They *were* but they also *weren't*

  • @supremekiller2477

    @supremekiller2477

    3 жыл бұрын

    they were and they werent

  • @toby2668

    @toby2668

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi VSauce, Michael here

  • @jacobnewman2494

    @jacobnewman2494

    3 жыл бұрын

    "What makes something there, but not there, and simultaneously here, but not here????"

  • @qualily8286

    @qualily8286

    3 жыл бұрын

    They weren't harmed, they were just killed, duh

  • @bball33g
    @bball33g9 жыл бұрын

    That moment when you drop your iPhone face down. It's both cracked and not cracked at the same time until you check.

  • @vedicpagan8852

    @vedicpagan8852

    9 жыл бұрын

    LOL, quantum theory orientated jokes another thing to thank Schrödinger and his geeky science associates for ,oh the wonders of theoretical science hahaha : )

  • @bananaroot

    @bananaroot

    9 жыл бұрын

    Iphone is always cracked when it falls down, and is a disproof of quantum theories...

  • @jadeharley844

    @jadeharley844

    9 жыл бұрын

    i've dropped my phone at least three times and it is never cracked. therefore, the comment above me is incorrect amd pointless.

  • @bananaroot

    @bananaroot

    9 жыл бұрын

    Jade Harley Classic case of experiment measurement error

  • @spectrum6474

    @spectrum6474

    8 жыл бұрын

    +bball33g Schrödinger's Iphone must have had a rough life :(

  • @Grenzkontrolli
    @Grenzkontrolli2 жыл бұрын

    If Schrödingers cat had 9 lifes, would it then be alife and 1/9th dead at the same time?

  • @BenS128
    @BenS128 Жыл бұрын

    The 1st time I heard this theory I didn’t get it so I forgot it. The 2nd time I heard it I completely understood it in a few different ways. It’s Genius.

  • @keertiathalye5793
    @keertiathalye57934 жыл бұрын

    “What we know is a drop. What we don’t know is an ocean”

  • @mayankjain04

    @mayankjain04

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yesn't

  • @chitrikart2328

    @chitrikart2328

    4 жыл бұрын

    What..wgat about the sea

  • @pritiguria7717

    @pritiguria7717

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dark statement

  • @ImBeange

    @ImBeange

    4 жыл бұрын

    If you know, you know

  • @whackyscientist4879

    @whackyscientist4879

    4 жыл бұрын

    One can do whatever he wills One can't will whatever he wills

  • @sombrerodog9699
    @sombrerodog96996 жыл бұрын

    Schorödinger’s cat went into a bar And didn’t

  • @cheetahpiper6422

    @cheetahpiper6422

    5 жыл бұрын

    I love this!!!

  • @nightgal5497

    @nightgal5497

    5 жыл бұрын

    "so were you at the crime scene?" "i was....... and i wasn't"

  • @serenitybowers6422

    @serenitybowers6422

    5 жыл бұрын

    It didn’t do either, but did both, until it was observed

  • @earfors

    @earfors

    5 жыл бұрын

    After some qubit analysis - a lot of cats went to that bar. Most were banned, some were lost. Others escaped. Many were entrapped by catnip. The few that made it through, became certainly quantum legends.

  • @katinthegetto2916

    @katinthegetto2916

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sombrero dog your likes have reached 911

  • @ChanwooPark-me1wc
    @ChanwooPark-me1wc2 жыл бұрын

    이번 영상으로 슈뢰딩거의 고양이 실험을 제대로 이해한 기분이 듭니다. 각종 미디어에서 많이 다루는 주제이지만 대부분의 사람들이 잘못 알고 있는 실험인데, 저 같이 양자역학을 공부하지 않은 사람도 이해할 수 있게 영상을 만들어주셔서 감사합니다. 좋은 영상 감사합니다!

  • @dougdoan9190

    @dougdoan9190

    Жыл бұрын

    This is either chinese or english.. or both

  • @anneclaudia1491

    @anneclaudia1491

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dougdoan9190 both wrong cuz its actually korean

  • @dougdoan9190

    @dougdoan9190

    Жыл бұрын

    @@anneclaudia1491 you just broke physics

  • @oofer754

    @oofer754

    Ай бұрын

    @@dougdoan9190 This is rasist and not.

  • @xaviermantha63
    @xaviermantha632 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video.

  • @walterwhite3372
    @walterwhite33723 жыл бұрын

    ‘Is your cat alive?’ Schrödinger: ‘Well yes, but actually no.’

  • @doseofrisher1162

    @doseofrisher1162

    3 жыл бұрын

    But actually both

  • @Gozi101

    @Gozi101

    3 жыл бұрын

    yesn't

  • @walterwhite3372

    @walterwhite3372

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Gozi101 lol

  • @KurtisC93

    @KurtisC93

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Is your cat dead or alive?" Schrödinger: "Yes."

  • @Akhil-_-

    @Akhil-_-

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well no, but actually yes.

  • @khangbui3914
    @khangbui39145 жыл бұрын

    Well, I’m alive but dead inside

  • @devdattshrikhandepatil6574

    @devdattshrikhandepatil6574

    5 жыл бұрын

    LOL !

  • @ridhamh2966

    @ridhamh2966

    5 жыл бұрын

    😂😅😭

  • @KeithThedfordII

    @KeithThedfordII

    5 жыл бұрын

    r/iamsoedgy

  • @akankshatiwari3964

    @akankshatiwari3964

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ure Schrodinger human

  • @dhfuohaksdsduijkzj5856

    @dhfuohaksdsduijkzj5856

    5 жыл бұрын

    -looks at you-

  • @gaburazeyy
    @gaburazeyy4 ай бұрын

    Excellent explanation really

  • @warren52nz
    @warren52nz Жыл бұрын

    Nicely explained!

  • @wan8234
    @wan82344 жыл бұрын

    Schrödinger: did you die? Schrödinger's cat : yes. Schrödinger's cat : *But I Lived!*

  • @lgitsx9665

    @lgitsx9665

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@luciawilliamson-waggoner3369 . . . . That's the joke

  • @bobthetomato7005

    @bobthetomato7005

    4 жыл бұрын

    BUT I SURVIVED

  • @CEO_of_Kostco

    @CEO_of_Kostco

    4 жыл бұрын

    Didn’t think I would see you here, Major

  • @anthonyl6060

    @anthonyl6060

    4 жыл бұрын

    James G Atleast I know where the meme came from

  • @manali6402

    @manali6402

    4 жыл бұрын

    I died and I survived

  • @hassanaly4838
    @hassanaly48383 жыл бұрын

    So, did the cat survive? Schrödinger:Yesn't.

  • @raenashaikh3377

    @raenashaikh3377

    3 жыл бұрын

    And so was the exclamation "yesn't" invented 👍

  • @codycarter2643
    @codycarter26432 жыл бұрын

    The process brought back my focus, not my lack of feeling

  • @ryanc9728
    @ryanc97282 жыл бұрын

    This is the same as sending a snap to your crush asking if y’all can go out on a date and getting a snap back.. the answer is there but you won’t know until you open it. And in that moment you u feel what Schrödinger felt.

  • @illunis8273
    @illunis82735 жыл бұрын

    is the cat dead or alive? Shrödinger: yes.

  • @ashtoncasedy3237

    @ashtoncasedy3237

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol what?

  • @ashtoncasedy3237

    @ashtoncasedy3237

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ah I got the reference, it's hide the pain harold

  • @anandhua.b4589

    @anandhua.b4589

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes but actually no

  • @finnhartworth255

    @finnhartworth255

    5 жыл бұрын

    Inclusiveor

  • @nknitinkush

    @nknitinkush

    5 жыл бұрын

    We never know or We could nevee know Until and unless we make an observation

  • @jessicajayes8326
    @jessicajayes83265 жыл бұрын

    A student goes to the library an asks the librarian if there are any books on Pavlov's dog or Schrodinger's cat. The librarian says "That rings a bell, but I'm not really sure..."

  • @marioisawesome8218

    @marioisawesome8218

    5 жыл бұрын

    hmm

  • @leitecunha

    @leitecunha

    5 жыл бұрын

    A fine joke! 😄

  • @dylan8443

    @dylan8443

    4 жыл бұрын

    Big Brain time

  • @rasputingonzales6030

    @rasputingonzales6030

    4 жыл бұрын

    Okay, that was pretty good.

  • @rasputingonzales6030

    @rasputingonzales6030

    4 жыл бұрын

    “Not really sure” = Schrodingers Cat paradox. It the cat alive or dead in the box? “Rings a bell” = referring to the trained response of Pavlov’s dog salivating at the sound of a bell. * c’mon, dude.

  • @hgtrad7655
    @hgtrad7655 Жыл бұрын

    Quite nice explanation!!

  • @franknomustard
    @franknomustard6 ай бұрын

    Awesome work!

  • @theminingstar4672
    @theminingstar46724 жыл бұрын

    There is food in your fridge until you open it. *Boom.*

  • @aadipattanaik7778

    @aadipattanaik7778

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Mining Star woah

  • @YesIAmPitri

    @YesIAmPitri

    4 жыл бұрын

    Instructions unclear,became mariah carey

  • @ej-jz5rc

    @ej-jz5rc

    4 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @huedotexe8785

    @huedotexe8785

    4 жыл бұрын

    This is my favorite way to explain it

  • @danielstrawe5118

    @danielstrawe5118

    4 жыл бұрын

    whats the point im still hungry either way

  • @BIGFACTSENT
    @BIGFACTSENT6 жыл бұрын

    When you're sleeping the world doesn't exist until you wake up

  • @antiquarian1773

    @antiquarian1773

    5 жыл бұрын

    or the universe exist because you were born O-O

  • @bonjovy2720

    @bonjovy2720

    5 жыл бұрын

    The best short explanation of quantom mechanics, thanks

  • @ditinct8894

    @ditinct8894

    5 жыл бұрын

    The moon doesn't exist until you look at it

  • @antiquarian1773

    @antiquarian1773

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ditinct8894 how about this one... You only wake up in the morning because you expect too.

  • @ditinct8894

    @ditinct8894

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@antiquarian1773 your comment doesn't exist until I look at it

  • @chanelledeasquith
    @chanelledeasquith8 күн бұрын

    VERY WELL EXPLAINED.IT explained SOMETHING THAT I HAVE PUZZLED ABOUT FOR DECADES.

  • @hecate8950
    @hecate8950 Жыл бұрын

    I was very confident that i understood and felt proud till this man brought in wavelength and what not. (note: i am not complaining tho it's just that i will have to rewatch that part and make my brain connect what he is saying and understand)

  • @sam_k
    @sam_k5 жыл бұрын

    I can't be the only one who understood absolutely nothing

  • @magentas6467

    @magentas6467

    5 жыл бұрын

    you're not but you are

  • @Tiandesta

    @Tiandesta

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yup

  • @ethanblevins1116

    @ethanblevins1116

    5 жыл бұрын

    It’s a fancy way of saying, “Something is everything until observed”

  • @05xpeter

    @05xpeter

    5 жыл бұрын

    Feynman: "If you think you understand quantum mechanics then you don't understand quantum mechanics"

  • @jellyfishcluster

    @jellyfishcluster

    5 жыл бұрын

    You’re not supposed to understand quantum physics

  • @AnthonyL0401
    @AnthonyL04013 жыл бұрын

    schrödinger: I got you a gift me: *sigh* is it another dead cat? schrödinger: we won’t know until you open it!

  • @auauaua_conchas69

    @auauaua_conchas69

    3 жыл бұрын

    ah, classic schrodinger, always being so mischievous

  • @areenhashemi

    @areenhashemi

    3 жыл бұрын

    Underrated comment

  • @lowercaseguy3578

    @lowercaseguy3578

    3 жыл бұрын

    So it means you can't know state of anything inside a box without opening it first . If that's all then why the headache of understanding the cat can be either dead or alive ......

  • @daalv8016

    @daalv8016

    3 жыл бұрын

    You’d have to have an Alive cat at some point?!

  • @annikachristensen4323

    @annikachristensen4323

    3 жыл бұрын

    LOL I'm dead 😂

  • @catkeys6911
    @catkeys6911 Жыл бұрын

    This was a nice, clear explanation. Of course, I still don't understand the idea of electrons being shared among atoms, as is claimed in this video. In school, I was taught that electrons spin around the nucleus of atoms. So if they're moving from atom to atom, it sounds like they are not (?).

  • @wegiveafork4357
    @wegiveafork4357 Жыл бұрын

    this just integrated so many of the chapters I learnt in 12th! 🤯

  • @ayomibhumi9356
    @ayomibhumi93568 жыл бұрын

    Schrödinger got pulled over by a cop. The cop look in the trunk and said "do you know there's a dead cat in the back?" "Well now i know, jerk"

  • @styot

    @styot

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Ayomi Bhumi Schrödinger took his cat to the vet, and the vet told him "Sir, I've got some good news, and some bad news."

  • @marissachavez6445

    @marissachavez6445

    8 жыл бұрын

    Lmao

  • @maacpiash

    @maacpiash

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Ayomi Bhumi Jerk? You mean da/dt? ;)

  • @maximtiburziano872

    @maximtiburziano872

    8 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @svendjensen9365

    @svendjensen9365

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Ayomi Bhumi he got pulled over and didn't!

  • @aduryant5265
    @aduryant52655 жыл бұрын

    Teacher: so you understand superposition now? Me: I'm in a superposition of understanding and not understanding.

  • @unknownchannel3141

    @unknownchannel3141

    4 жыл бұрын

    HINDOL BHATTACHARYA wow

  • @jonchilds1637
    @jonchilds1637 Жыл бұрын

    Kind of creepy that I’d never heard of Schrödinger’s cat until it was mentioned on TV last night - and today it’s on my KZread front page!!!

  • @SunilKumar-lj9lc
    @SunilKumar-lj9lc Жыл бұрын

    Thanks TED,

  • @sudhanshuyadav19
    @sudhanshuyadav193 жыл бұрын

    Schrodinger's cat Wanted Dead or alive

  • @carlosmspk

    @carlosmspk

    3 жыл бұрын

    That means if he's dead and alive, there's no reward for you :(

  • @hereicomeiamcinnamon951

    @hereicomeiamcinnamon951

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@carlosmspk very sog champ moment :(

  • @areenhashemi

    @areenhashemi

    3 жыл бұрын

    Underrated comment

  • @krokiety5712

    @krokiety5712

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@carlosmspk you would get double reward and no reward until you turn it in and find out

  • @hertzair1186

    @hertzair1186

    3 жыл бұрын

    ...saw that on a Tshirt

  • @suryahr307
    @suryahr3074 жыл бұрын

    My PhD interviewer: What is schrodinger's cat thought experiment? Me: To me, I'm both selected and rejected for the admission until you tell Interviewer:

  • @aerisdl

    @aerisdl

    3 жыл бұрын

    TIME TO DO THIS

  • @suryahr307

    @suryahr307

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@aerisdl if they ask, I do think it's the best witty answer.

  • @vineet3269

    @vineet3269

    3 жыл бұрын

    No. The selection is done only after they make a decision. However, the death of cat already has a chance before the cage is opened

  • @suryahr307

    @suryahr307

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@vineet3269 of course I meant "after the decision was made"

  • @shauryagauniyal9125

    @shauryagauniyal9125

    3 жыл бұрын

    Boom!! You passed the interview 🙌

  • @Aarush_smile
    @Aarush_smile Жыл бұрын

    what a great explanation

  • @roastie2210
    @roastie22102 ай бұрын

    3:16 An atom in two different ordits seems wierd, but two ordits can be in one place and the atom can ordit both of them. Means the two nucleus are spinning and atom is standing in one place. That explains this right.

  • @JasonJacksonJames
    @JasonJacksonJames8 жыл бұрын

    All I understood was the story of the cat put in a box

  • @aliyyanurr1625

    @aliyyanurr1625

    8 жыл бұрын

    lol :")

  • @angelindelible8489

    @angelindelible8489

    8 жыл бұрын

    lol same

  • @mkiratul

    @mkiratul

    7 жыл бұрын

    haha same 😂😂

  • @swagcorngames1236

    @swagcorngames1236

    7 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @Javin12345

    @Javin12345

    7 жыл бұрын

    same here (plus a little more)

  • @gabrielbondoc863
    @gabrielbondoc8637 жыл бұрын

    Feels like u were taking about the cat in the first minute, but then changed subjects, but didn't at the same time...

  • @mikyathomas8619

    @mikyathomas8619

    7 жыл бұрын

    Gabriel Bondoc in an odd way that makes sense.

  • @krisg4771

    @krisg4771

    7 жыл бұрын

    Schrodingers subject

  • @PR0Z0MBIE9877

    @PR0Z0MBIE9877

    7 жыл бұрын

    You understand it bro

  • @mk_rexx

    @mk_rexx

    6 жыл бұрын

    Every time Schrödinger's cat is explained

  • @andyfung7878

    @andyfung7878

    6 жыл бұрын

    love your comment

  • @wewong.wowong
    @wewong.wowong2 жыл бұрын

    This reminds me of online distance learning. I'm on the classroom, but at the same time, I am not. Literally and figuratively.

  • @greggrobinson5116
    @greggrobinson51162 жыл бұрын

    Well, the cat certainly knows whether it's dead or alive, even if Schrödinger doesn't. And every particle in the universe knows exactly what its doing too, even if we can't describe it. Schrödinger's problem seems more about detection & semantics than it is about some state where things are both A and --A until someone peeks

  • @enigma6703
    @enigma67038 жыл бұрын

    When you swim near the shore of the sea of knowledge and then venture to go out a bit deeper ... and drown in it.

  • @karapapaxatzidimitrakopoulos

    @karapapaxatzidimitrakopoulos

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Enigma Yeah, I just got drown. Now I don't enjoy swimming.

  • @matthewclifford7217

    @matthewclifford7217

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Enigma Well at least we all die thinking we're smart.

  • @eyeheisenberg2278

    @eyeheisenberg2278

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Enigma It's pretty straight forward. Are you the center of the Universe or is the Cat? I don't believe that the cat is irrelevant as Schrodinger does. Let's say a human straps a cat to a table forcing it to view a box wired with a 50/50 life/death chance. The human then climbs in the box which can only be opened when the cat meows. Does the human sit suspended between life/death until the box is opened? Of course not. The human died or survived the moment the lid closed when they got in.

  • @matthewclifford7217

    @matthewclifford7217

    8 жыл бұрын

    Eye Heisenberg  I have a simpler explanation, however, I'm not sure if it's right or not. Again, we have a cat. Now I pull the pin of a grenade, shove it into a specially-made box along with the cat, then shut the trap. This grenade, however, is special because it has 50 percents of exploding, thus killing the cat, and 50 percents of malfunctioning, rendering the cat safe. This box here, is soundproof and is indestructible, so absolutely zero information can pass onto us - the observers. The only way to see the final fate of the cat is to open the box - or measure it. This is where it got interesting in QM. BEFORE you open the box, there's an imperative 50/50 chances the cat is either dead, or alive, so during that time where we know zero information of the cat's fate, we can say that it is, in fact, half dead and half alive. So to be exact, the cat is in superposition of being both dead and both alive at the same time BEFORE you measure it, or open the box. When you open the box, or measure the cat, the result will collapse back into a single state, making the cat EITHER dead or alive, and not both. This is a weird way of thinking, because in normal, rational way of thought, the cat is either dead or alive, there's no such thing as being both. Or the grenade either explode, or not and only one single result can be deduce even before measurement.

  • @eyeheisenberg2278

    @eyeheisenberg2278

    8 жыл бұрын

    Matthew Clifford That is the same as Schrodinger's Cat but with a grenade. The cat is either alive or dead whether we know it or not. Our ignorance of a fact either way does not make this "cat is in superposition of being both dead and both alive at the same time" caper of Schrodinger true except in his own imagination.

  • @daniellandoe8069
    @daniellandoe80695 жыл бұрын

    0:52 what seems absurd is that the cat has two tails.

  • @nsbhater

    @nsbhater

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agreed 😹 I guess is was the drawers effort towards an equal fifty-fifty 😹 maths and logic don't always unite 🙈

  • @humanbeing1429

    @humanbeing1429

    5 жыл бұрын

    You made me go back to 0:52 and I laughed out loud.

  • @angelicasysnila5476

    @angelicasysnila5476

    5 жыл бұрын

    The fact that it has two tail cuz they are two different cats of two different realities, which in represented as a single merged cat

  • @inessa5923

    @inessa5923

    5 жыл бұрын

    You’re being transphobic

  • @drosophilamelanogaster3121

    @drosophilamelanogaster3121

    5 жыл бұрын

    Actually yes but no

  • @Glacierrune
    @Glacierrune Жыл бұрын

    Totally off topic but the lil transistors are SO CUTE. I WANT ONE AS A PET FR. 3:59

  • @xpndblhero5170
    @xpndblhero51702 жыл бұрын

    Actually in the double slit experiment they recently found that the particle goes through one of the slits but the wave function goes through both then affects the particle on the other side, it also shows that sometimes the particle doesn't go through any slit but the wave it rode on did and still had an affect on the results..... So basically the act of measuring the test is enough to mess w/ the results, I feel like the only way we'll be able to see what's really going on is if we start trying to come up w/ a magnification device that doesn't use electricity because even at that scale, a small amount of energy is tantamount to trying to hear a flea crawl on a guitar string while someone is playing Through the Fire and Flames by Dragonforce on the guitar at the same time. 😂🤣

  • @05xpeter
    @05xpeter5 жыл бұрын

    Richard Feynman :"If you think you understand quantum mechanics then you don't understand quantum mechanics"

  • @Derekivery

    @Derekivery

    5 жыл бұрын

    Very VERY true!!!!!

  • @shaunaksawargaonkar7814

    @shaunaksawargaonkar7814

    5 жыл бұрын

    I thought i understood But now i realise that i don't . . . Ok so now i truly understand it

  • @00ryanm00

    @00ryanm00

    5 жыл бұрын

    Its best to just accept the theory and not think too deeply about it as unfortunate as that sounds. Ill let the theorists keep themselves up at night and spare myself the heartache lol. The theory is very possibly incomplete and I like to believe there are hidden variables that solve these issues.

  • @arminbahamin6889

    @arminbahamin6889

    5 жыл бұрын

    .. So far no hidden variables have been found for a century!

  • @00ryanm00

    @00ryanm00

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes, but each of those experiments only tests one hidden variable. If you try to prove all hidden variables dont exist by proving case by case, then youll never prove they dont exist because you need to do it an infinite number of times.

  • @ketuu4057
    @ketuu40575 жыл бұрын

    Video: *ends* Me: I didn't understand anything but loved the animations

  • @ladymarcy7830

    @ladymarcy7830

    4 жыл бұрын

    I understood one word: cat All others:🗿

  • @Monochromicornicopia

    @Monochromicornicopia

    4 жыл бұрын

    It made no sense because its wrong. TED-Ed got schrodingers cat completely backwards. Its actually a counter example that shows how quantum mechanics CANNOT be applied to large systems like cats.

  • @Teddybearinjungle
    @Teddybearinjungle2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot!!!

  • @dcrespin
    @dcrespin2 жыл бұрын

    For those already initiated in QM I repeat here some comments previously made to similar videos. They may clarify debatable points. The Schrödinger time dependent equation (STDE) when applied to a wave representing an initial state of, say, an electron bound to a proton and together forming a hydrogen atom, predicts and retrodicts all the future and previous states of the electron wave, in the same fashion than the evolution equations of classical mechanics predicts the movement of the Earth around the Sun. Note that the STDE is energy conservative, that is, the initial state as well as the predicted and retrodicted ones all have the same energy. As is well known the bound electron has a completely different conduct. Whatever the initial state and in absence of other interactions an excited electron will settle in a stationary state radiating energy (in the form of a photon) along the way. If the stationary state is the ground state the electron will stay there forever (in absence, as said before, of other interactions). Otherwise the stationary electron state is ephemeral and will be abandoned to radiate a photon and assume a new stationary state of even lower energy. This "down the staircase" process repeats until the ground state is reached. There is no manner to adapt the STDE to this physical process. This inconsistency was discovered by none other than Niels Bohr, as can be inferred from the report of Werner Heisenberg. See our note www.researchgate.net/publication/356193279_Deconstruction_of_Quantum_Wave_Mechanics After discovering the tremendous inconsistency between the equation and the atom it would have been natural to announce that the STDE contradicted physical facts, and ask for a correct equation. I assume as true, but only know from hearsay very long ago, that in Einstein's viewpoint the correct deterministic time dependent wave equation had to be non-linear in contrast with the linear STDE. References to this historical detail would be appreciated. It is hard to believe but, against reasonableness and common sense, Bohr decided to adopt the STDE as correct and that continuity, causality and determinism of physical processes were wrong because they contradicted the STDE. Apparently mathematical equations on paper were more relevant than the experience of the whole human race. Then a series of new and fanciful "quantum physical principles" were adopted. In my opinion the powerful quantum establishment dogmatically defends Quantism and strongly rejects any attempt to correct its misdeeds, even if the correct deterministic time dependent wave equation is available. With best regards to all Daniel Crespin

  • @kayd4128
    @kayd41282 жыл бұрын

    no one: Schrödinger: *hehe unboxing time*

  • @ongz..5908

    @ongz..5908

    2 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤧

  • @breguera77

    @breguera77

    2 жыл бұрын

    M-m-m-money shot

  • @ironvanguard7219
    @ironvanguard72196 жыл бұрын

    I could understand it until he said “superposition”

  • @firefoxyt6600

    @firefoxyt6600

    5 жыл бұрын

    I could understand it until he said "Australian"

  • @jaycheda3232

    @jaycheda3232

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@firefoxyt6600 i couldnt understand

  • @firefoxyt6600

    @firefoxyt6600

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@jaycheda3232 you couldn't understand my comment or the video??

  • @jaycheda3232

    @jaycheda3232

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@firefoxyt6600 everything

  • @Monochromicornicopia

    @Monochromicornicopia

    5 жыл бұрын

    the Schrodinger's cat thought experiment was devised as a counter-example to illustrate the absurdity of applying quantum mechanics to macroscopic systems.

  • @ingaaloisia490
    @ingaaloisia490 Жыл бұрын

    My opinion: While the box remains closed, yes, the cat remains ‘a blur of probability’ TO US. I will try to present my point with a different example: For many years, people didn’t know about Pluto. But that doesn’t mean that Pluto wasn’t there, or didn’t have a specific place or state or whatever. Pluto could absolutely have existed, as the existence of a thing is not decided by the acknowledgment of people. People don’t have to KNOW about Pluto only for it to EXIST. Schroedingers cat can be dead, or alive, but we don’t have to see it for it to have specific state, because it’s not up to our eyes to decide whether the cat is dead or alive ‚ it can simply BE either dead, or alive. Whether or not and at what point we know about the cats state is a different question.

  • @solonada9602
    @solonada96022 жыл бұрын

    Yes! Another intellectual video that I can't comprehend!

  • @Selwynn
    @Selwynn4 жыл бұрын

    100% dead. Forgot to poke air holes in the box. :(

  • @reimon5410

    @reimon5410

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @calicocat7342

    @calicocat7342

    3 жыл бұрын

    This answer 😂

  • @kaiju4864

    @kaiju4864

    3 жыл бұрын

    F

  • @blackfoxgames4431

    @blackfoxgames4431

    3 жыл бұрын

    Geniuse

  • @maanasnair2295

    @maanasnair2295

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Real Answer! lmao

  • @lukebarth5424
    @lukebarth54243 жыл бұрын

    I've never watched a video that legitimately stressed me out until now

  • @kevinc.cucumber3697

    @kevinc.cucumber3697

    2 жыл бұрын

    Universe is just insane, we don’t have the capacity to comprehend it. Just stop thinking and watch a movie or something.

  • @stephaniecarrow4898

    @stephaniecarrow4898

    2 жыл бұрын

    😄😄 LOL

  • @pjjustice5014

    @pjjustice5014

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol try to watch videos explaining 4th dimension and time dilation. They are much worse than this

  • @sigsauer_firearms

    @sigsauer_firearms

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pjjustice5014 those arent that bad and are pretty easy to understand

  • @pjb8295

    @pjb8295

    Жыл бұрын

    @@pjjustice5014 I find those easier to grasp than this to be honest

  • @DaveNanan
    @DaveNanan2 жыл бұрын

    In our science department, we have a preserved cat in a sealed box, for biology class, but I'm naming him Schrodinger's Cat now! 😊

  • @jeffreys-vu6gd
    @jeffreys-vu6gd10 ай бұрын

    Sheldon and Leonard taught me so much!

  • @highonhopium
    @highonhopium3 жыл бұрын

    Imagine in another universe this experiment will be known as cat's schrodinger 😂

  • @alfmea

    @alfmea

    2 жыл бұрын

    Makes sense.

  • @thesoundsmith

    @thesoundsmith

    2 жыл бұрын

    The original postulate should have been, "Put Schrodinger in the box..."

  • @allthebrighttplaces

    @allthebrighttplaces

    2 жыл бұрын

    Manfried the Man joined the chat

  • @schensho6567

    @schensho6567

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thesoundsmith or "Box Schrödinger in the put..."

  • @aswinlal5341

    @aswinlal5341

    2 жыл бұрын

    Rick and Morty stuff 🤣

  • @DoodleDan
    @DoodleDan5 жыл бұрын

    What if you had a camera in the box? *Physics left the chat*

  • @royaamuzumaki3891

    @royaamuzumaki3891

    5 жыл бұрын

    DoodleDan hahaha. But the reason we can't have a camera is that for something to get into a superposition, it is required that it must not be watched, heard, speculated, or recorded in any way. Otherwise it can't enter a superposition.

  • @justsomedudeiguess1746

    @justsomedudeiguess1746

    5 жыл бұрын

    The universe has a secret and it wants to keep it

  • @igglyy3776

    @igglyy3776

    5 жыл бұрын

    DoodleDan then you have observed it, and by using your curiosity you have either killed or kept the cat alive.

  • @MrMasterKaio

    @MrMasterKaio

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's not really about observation. It's about interaction with other particles. So Schrödingers cat would never work. It always is in only one position, namely dead or alive.

  • @igglyy3776

    @igglyy3776

    5 жыл бұрын

    Kai but schrodingers cat was namely an example of superposition no?

  • @veerchasm1
    @veerchasm1 Жыл бұрын

    “Does a bear fart in the woods?” Is a better allegory

  • @indigocheetah4172
    @indigocheetah4172 Жыл бұрын

    Most videos, have not stressed me out , until now

  • @Borderlands2iscool
    @Borderlands2iscool8 жыл бұрын

    Damn i wish i wasn't an idiot and could understand shit like this! :D

  • @taxavoider9889

    @taxavoider9889

    8 жыл бұрын

    First step to understanding quantum mechanics is that it doesn't make sense.

  • @fazlulhowladerbibi5377

    @fazlulhowladerbibi5377

    8 жыл бұрын

    +TheGamerGirl just watch hours and hours of vsauce,ted ed,veritasium,in a nutshell,brit lab,cgp grey,numberphile and minutephysics and you'll understand this video.That's what i did all last summer.

  • @taxavoider9889

    @taxavoider9889

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Fazlul HOWLADER BIBI true. I have being watching them and others for about 2-3 years, as well as reading lots of stuff about advanced sciencey stuff (if you call "sciencey" a real word) and at 14 I get to annoy a lot of people with SCIENCE!

  • @fazlulhowladerbibi5377

    @fazlulhowladerbibi5377

    8 жыл бұрын

    same here

  • @CrissAlcantara

    @CrissAlcantara

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Fazlul HOWLADER BIBI problem is that in those videos the math for most of these scientific phenomenons (which is actually quite beautiful) is almost completely neglected to make them more viewer-friendly.

  • @heyitsshakil
    @heyitsshakil3 жыл бұрын

    Most of us are like Not understanding a single thing Watching the vid Lying in bed Reading comments for the conclusion

  • @user-ut4mn3dc8d

    @user-ut4mn3dc8d

    3 жыл бұрын

    Indeed

  • @snazzyzorua3459

    @snazzyzorua3459

    3 жыл бұрын

    yep

  • @jackpawlus5784

    @jackpawlus5784

    3 жыл бұрын

    I- yeah--- :") its 2am I should sleep :""""""")

  • @kikigazit

    @kikigazit

    3 жыл бұрын

    literally

  • @a.s.w.9619

    @a.s.w.9619

    3 жыл бұрын

    True

  • @zackcarl7861
    @zackcarl7861 Жыл бұрын

    The wave nature explanation should have been told after you had given the second case that if one slot is blocked the pattern doesn't appear then you as a conclusion could say so the Patten with 2 slits say that the wave nature is formed and all ...etc etc

  • @SourceEnginePlayer
    @SourceEnginePlayer2 жыл бұрын

    is this kinda like "if a tree falls in a forest with no one around, does it even make a sound?"