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Part II - Schrödinger's Response
Anyway, Einstein and Schrödinger considered this impossible. Einstein's opposition was simple, "How the hell does something know when it's measured that it goes from 2 states to one when it's under measurement?" And Schrödinger felt that his equation was misunderstood. His equation explained the superposition of the hydrogen atom as either pointing up or down. There's a 50% chance for both occurrences but they can't be true at the same time. But now his equation is being used to prove that possible.
So, he published a paper in 1935 to point out the impossibility of superposition and to further clarify his equation. He set out to disprove Bohr and the people who agreed with him. He made a thought experiment where a cat is left in a box with uranium for an hour. Uranium particles follow the principles of Quantum Physics according to Schrödinger's original equation. That means they have a 50% chance of emitting radiation OR 50% chance of not emitting any radiation. So if the particles form a radiation, a cyanide vial inside the box will break and kill the cat. If the particles don't emit radiation, the cat lives.
Schrödinger used this to highlight that the cat is either dead or alive depending on its physical environment without us seeing it. It can not be both dead and alive. So Superposition is an invalid principle of Quantum Physics. Sadly, Schrödinger's cat isn't a supernatural pet that is both alive and dead. That's just a misconception that bled through generations.
Eventually, physicists have proven the possibility of superposition on the micro level with real life experiments by using the concept of Quantum Entanglement, which is ironically Schrödinger's term.
PART 3
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Anyway, Einstein and Schrödinger considered this impossible. Einstein's opposition was simple, "How the hell does something know when it's measured that it goes from 2 states to one when it's under measurement?" And Schrödinger felt that his equation was misunderstood. His equation explained the superposition of the hydrogen atom as either pointing up or down. There's a 50% chance for both occurrences but they can't be true at the same time. But now his equation is being used to prove that possible.
So, he published a paper in 1935 to point out the impossibility of superposition and to further clarify his equation. He set out to disprove Bohr and the people who agreed with him. He made a thought experiment where a cat is left in a box with uranium for an hour. Uranium particles follow the principles of Quantum Physics according to Schrödinger's original equation. That means they have a 50% chance of emitting radiation OR 50% chance of not emitting any radiation. So if the particles form a radiation, a cyanide vial inside the box will break and kill the cat. If the particles don't emit radiation, the cat lives.
Schrödinger used this to highlight that the cat is either dead or alive depending on its physical environment without us seeing it. It can not be both dead and alive. So Superposition is an invalid principle of Quantum Physics. Sadly, Schrödinger's cat isn't a supernatural pet that is both alive and dead. That's just a misconception that bled through generations.
Eventually, physicists have proven the possibility of superposition on the micro level with real life experiments by using the concept of Quantum Entanglement, which is ironically Schrödinger's term.
PART 3
#Schrödinger | #science | #history
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Such is Life
Schrödinger's Cat - The Misunderstood Pet (Found sth interesting about Schrödinger's cat. I'll post it after it's polished)
And there you go. It's a bit long but I tried to include the whole story. The links will take you to the detailed explanations if you shall need them. Happy reading 📜
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#Schrödinger | #science | #history
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