# Schrödinger's Cat redux

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schrodingers-cat-redux/638534>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 22, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schrodingers-cat-redux/638534 "2012-10-22T15:57:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schrodingers-cat-redux/638534/1 "2012-10-22T15:57:25Z")

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I am fascinated by (but can’t understand) quantum physics. The story of Schrödinger’s Cat is always amusing. It elicited many jokes such as animal lovers wanting him arrested for animal cruelty, and also not arrested.

Anyway, [this](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=bringing-schrodingers-quantum-cat-to-life)is a very interesting article:

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**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schrodingers-cat-redux/638534/2 "2012-10-22T16:47:30Z")

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Thank you for the link; it’s nice that SA is allowing free reading of the article for a while.

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**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schrodingers-cat-redux/638534/3 "2012-10-22T16:59:28Z")

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> [@Taomist](#):
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> Thank you for the link; it’s nice that SA is allowing free reading of the article for a while.

Yeah, I used to read the print edition all the time, but the type got too small for me.

I did find out on their website that you can get a free weekly email that lists a bunch of articles. That is a good deal if it keeps going.

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schrodingers-cat-redux/638534/4 "2012-10-22T18:17:45Z")

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> [@Taomist](#):
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> Thank you for the link; it’s nice that SA is allowing free reading of the article for a while.

Not having looked at the link at that point, I initially assumed that “SA” meant the website “Something Awful.” I feel like such a philistine.

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**Author:** ![Rich\_Mann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schrodingers-cat-redux/638534/5 "2012-10-22T21:41:30Z")

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They need to fire their proofreader. I am pretty sure that a cat is composed of somewhat more than 1027 particles

Probably more like 10^27. 😉