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

[@tomalmog8738]

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

[@rcho223]

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

[@sandipambulkar47]

OMG man!

[@rtendotapiwa306]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mariafe7050]

To be AND not to be

[@wamko8493]

Confused cat noises

[@noahquiles5791]

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

[@deus2570]

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

[@alchemist2048]

Scooby : Dobeedoobeedoo

[@Anonymous-kw7ls]

@@alchemist2048 😂😂😂

[@aditya-rt4zb]

answer of every great question is a paradox

[@mars9842]

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

[@blue_flame_art]

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

[@mikemondano3624]

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]

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

[@cowllama1353]

Valid

[@Listereen]

bababoeey whats bs

[@duckduckshoes6393]

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.

[@grandpastories1483]

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

[@ggnishvanth3467]

Underrated, That is actually smart

[@ItzBluh]

​@@ggnishvanth34672yrs ago 😅

[@silentkiller1412]

Read this in Jeremy Clarkson's voice

[@Tsundoku_xX]

@@silentkiller1412 OMG STOP THATS SO FIRE NO

[@vedanirvana111]

lmao, not nice

[@nickc.4070]

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

[@stephanier5220]

lmao

[@anirudhsharma5211]

😂😂😂

[@majdayoub2344]

Good news OR bad news

[@zazaeater43]

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

[@phenomenalphysics3548]

@Orion D. Hunter lmao😂❤️❤️❤️

[@Shereigna]

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

[@25arushbhatnagar56]

Zenorita copied

[@verticalflyingb737]

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

[@Shereigna]

@@25arushbhatnagar56 Yup

[@zerovalue2961]

Cant believe I laughed at this

[@parsnipguy2986]

this grammar is killing me

[@nebulaanishh]

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

[@farwakhan4423]

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

[@GAMINGWITHCHINAR]

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

[@jumanahidris2973]

Nice!

[@aarambhverma1550]

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

[@jumanahidris2973]

@peeps hi whyever not?

[@katia7440]

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]

The reason why you should be afraid of physics and chemistry

[@safaeit]

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]

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

[@theyylove.L]

I really dont understand intellectual but ok

[@GRT999]

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

[@solutionghostsimple6470]

Wanted Schrödinger's cat : Dead and Alive

[@mattghostly5261]

Simple Cormac this would make a cool t-shirt

[@colhany]

This comment is underrated

[@EpicFuckingCoolGuy69420]

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

[@quixoticat7658]

please make this into a poster

[@excitedcat9517]

Last seen inside a box

[@thatguitardude4307]

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

[@basil3630]

*Nice Meme*

[@flowerondiscord4254]

*Maybe, maybe not*

[@humbertojimmy]

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

[@SRoy-rk3tj]

Should’ve said Well yes AND actually no

[@thatguitardude4307]

@@humbertojimmy Good song

[@johnyboy228]

Everybody at schrodinger’s funeral: *hmmm*

[@frazzydoof770]

both dead and alive until the casket is opened

[@ureehueurv]

*DUN DUN DUUUUN*

[@greenlite37]

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

[@hydro3672]

@@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 😁

[@D2AIN]

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

[@JustSomeDinosaurPerson]

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]

So is the cat ded or alive? Am damb

[@Skanda1111]

Thanks. Your comment made it very easy to understand.

[@Rspknlikeab0ssxd]

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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@dogl0ver03]

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

[@vik24oct1991]

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]

The joke Your head

[@zachzent8287]

Renee Claude My dog is named Curiosity

[@saintpluto5613]

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]

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

[@caytlin100]

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]

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

[@jc.maccount5945]

You have future kid 😂

[@alexmercer6585]

Mom response :👊👊👊🖐👊

[@revelbangtanexo2642]

😂😂 lmaoooo

[@thanhcongnguyen181]

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

[@jessicajayes8326]

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]

hmm

[@leitecunha]

A fine joke! 😄

[@dylan8443]

Big Brain time

[@rasputingonzales6030]

Okay, that was pretty good.

[@rasputingonzales6030]

“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.

[@aditisharma66]

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]

Good review lol❤

[@SebNeverMiss]

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

[@filmyfatafatIndia]

😂😂

[@APXSTUDIO]

Ok cat is alive

[@ibrahimshaheen1]

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

[@austin3789]

This is the best!

[@amansinghrollno-7167]

Proceeds to shoot the cat

[@arandomjoe9749]

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

[@watertommyz]

Yesnt

[@Di00rt]

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

[@adoritowithlegs6468]

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

[@RealNiggaKazutoKirigaiTheThird]

@@watertommyz I hate you 😂

[@whotfdidthis]

damn fr!

[@simonc7221]

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

[@mariafe7050]

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

[@mr.knightthedetective7435]

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

[@walterblanchard2092]

Schroeder cat poem

[@carolinedelafuente7251]

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

[@abhijeetchouhan5949]

@@mr.knightthedetective7435 r/woooooosh

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

[@mimihall4682]

what was the definition

@@mimihall4682 to put it simply, he defined life as something that is in a constant battle against nature to keep itself in an organized state. All things tend to desorder, but life fights against that tendency, seeking to maintain it's internal order. But only this comes with a cost. Maintaing internal order comes at the cost of making things around it more desordered. It creates desorder so that it can maintain order inside itself

[@anniesharma5281]

This is so beautiful philosophically as well.

[@wan8234]

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

[@lgitsx9665]

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

[@bobthetomato7005]

BUT I SURVIVED

[@CEO_of_Kostco]

Didn’t think I would see you here, Major

[@anthonyl6060]

James G Atleast I know where the meme came from

[@manali6402]

I died and I survived

[@Stitchpuppy01]

I understood the word "cat."

[@-yourandyoureare2different612]

What's a cat?

[@misterprecocious2491]

@@-yourandyoureare2different612 An antidog.

[@mathijsbirahy1190]

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

[@sorrychangedmyusername3594]

Chad

[@uxleumas]

I understood videos.

[@bball33g]

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

[@vedicpagan8852]

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

[@bananaroot]

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

[@jadeharley844]

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

[@bananaroot]

Jade Harley Classic case of experiment measurement error

[@spectrum6474]

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

[@dragon_mind1254]

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]

Isn't it a phenomenon

[@elonmuskito7249]

ohh yea the good old double slit Exp

[@mohamedalhusni6255]

is it because the observer affects the outcome itself ?

[@mae-oz3eb]

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

[@thehalfbloodprince-nm8uk]

​@@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

[@walterwhite3372]

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

[@doseofrisher1162]

But actually both

[@Gozi101]

yesn't

[@walterwhite3372]

@@Gozi101 lol

[@KurtisC93]

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

[@Akhil-_-]

Well no, but actually yes.

[@thewalkingbread706]

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

[@samar5838]

Stolen comment

[@banjomcgee6333]

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

[@suhasop4919]

Yesn't

[@bored2096]

@@banjomcgee6333 dayum

[@jahsac4571]

Perhaps

[@hassanaly4838]

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

[@raenashaikh3377]

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

[@asparkdeity8717]

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]

Brilliant. Stick in

[@abidbourdi6877]

I will act like I understood everything

[@whodeyharambe5776]

If anyone says they fully understand ... You lie

[@whodeyharambe5776]

@not Funny I know ...not funny😾😺

[@rodmaiquez726]

You need to act, to understand something

[@bocar4127]

It’s yes and no at the same time

[@ShahidAhmed07]

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

[@lemonade.valley]

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

[@unknownchannel3141]

HINDOL BHATTACHARYA wow

[@jimmyjordan5048]

Guess what the comment was by reading replies.

[@rtendotapiwa306]

Yes! And No! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@taleahnelson7855]

dont call me out like that... 😅😂

[@isellseagullsfor1dollar729]

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

[@bjct5002]

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

[@jimmyjordan5048]

@Maselek yeah.

[@mattfrenden1000]

I'm not gonna be able to think about anything else than Schrödinger's cat at the next funeral I'm attending. Imagine walking up to the coffin whilst the priest is talking, and then open and close the coffin a few times just to make sure.

[@suryahr307]

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]

TIME TO DO THIS

[@suryahr307]

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

[@vineet3269]

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]

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

[@shauryagauniyal9125]

Boom!! You passed the interview 🙌

[@AnthonyL0401]

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

[@auauaua_conchas69]

ah, classic schrodinger, always being so mischievous

[@areenhashemi]

Underrated comment

[@lowercaseguy3578]

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]

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

[@annikachristensen4323]

LOL I'm dead 😂

[@keertiathalye5793]

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

[@mayankjain04]

Yesn't

[@chitrikart2328]

What..wgat about the sea

[@pritiguria7717]

Dark statement

[@ImBeange]

If you know, you know

[@whackyscientist4879]

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

[@gbzorro]

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

[@theminingstar4672]

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

[@aadipattanaik7778]

The Mining Star woah

[@YesIAmPitri]

Instructions unclear,became mariah carey

[@ej-jz5rc]

lol

[@huedotexe8785]

This is my favorite way to explain it

[@danielstrawe5118]

whats the point im still hungry either way

[@BIGFACTSENT]

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

[@antiquarian1773]

or the universe exist because you were born O-O

[@bonjovy2720]

The best short explanation of quantom mechanics, thanks

[@ditinct8894]

The moon doesn't exist until you look at it

[@antiquarian1773]

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

[@ditinct8894]

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

[@teddyvia7134]

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

[@luna-hu5uw]

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

[@supremekiller2477]

they were and they werent

[@toby2668]

Hi VSauce, Michael here

[@jacobnewman2494]

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

[@qualily8286]

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

[@Tanmay5616]

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

[@Leroy0070]

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

[@ayomibhumi9356]

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]

+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]

Lmao

[@maacpiash]

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

[@maximtiburziano872]

lol

[@svendjensen9365]

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

[@illunis8273]

is the cat dead or alive? Shrödinger: yes.

[@ashtoncasedy3237]

Lol what?

[@ashtoncasedy3237]

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

[@anandhua.b4589]

Yes but actually no

[@finnhartworth255]

Inclusiveor

[@nknitinkush]

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

[@khangbui3914]

Well, I’m alive but dead inside

[@devdattshrikhandepatil6574]

LOL !

[@ridhamh2966]

😂😅😭

[@KeithThedfordII]

r/iamsoedgy

[@akankshatiwari3964]

Ure Schrodinger human

[@dhfuohaksdsduijkzj5856]

-looks at you-

[@ingaaloisia490]

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.

[@astronomicalreason9807]

"It's not up to our eyes to decide whether the cat is alive or dead". Well said.

[@sombrerodog9699]

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

[@cheetahpiper6422]

I love this!!!

[@nightgal5497]

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

[@serenitybowers6422]

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

[@earfors]

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]

Sombrero dog your likes have reached 911

[@kayd4128]

no one: Schrödinger: *hehe unboxing time*

[@ongz..5908]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤧

[@breguera77]

M-m-m-money shot

[@05xpeter]

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

[@Derekivery]

Very VERY true!!!!!

[@shaunaksawargaonkar7814]

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

[@00ryanm00]

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]

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

[@00ryanm00]

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.

[@calebbrowning4328]

It is insane how one curious experiment in some ways turned into the computers we have today.

[@gabrielbondoc863]

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

[@mikyathomas8619]

Gabriel Bondoc in an odd way that makes sense.

[@krisg4771]

Schrodingers subject

[@PR0Z0MBIE9877]

You understand it bro

[@mk_rexx]

Every time Schrödinger's cat is explained

[@andyfung7878]

love your comment

[@enigma6703]

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]

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

[@matthewclifford7217]

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

[@eyeheisenberg2278]

+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]

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]

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.

[@sudhanshuyadav19]

Schrodinger's cat Wanted Dead or alive

[@carlosmspk]

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

[@hereicomeiamcinnamon951]

@@carlosmspk very sog champ moment :(

[@areenhashemi]

Underrated comment

[@krokiety5712]

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

[@hertzair1186]

...saw that on a Tshirt

[@lukeasacher]

omg just found this after 10 years of your uploading- studied physics in hs at Oppenheimer's alma mater and until this moment, never properly understood Erwin's Dilemma. Thank you so much.

[@ketuu4057]

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

[@ladymarcy7830]

I understood one word: cat All others:🗿

[@Monochromicornicopia]

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.

[@anvit6363]

Me: Is the cat alive or dead? Schrödinger: Yes

[@quixoticat7658]

*Nice meme*

[@higgs135]

dead meme makes me want to vomit

[@mad_160realrealreal]

Higgs You Make Me Want to Vomit

[@melvinhotdogman6926]

Higgs Dude stop it, it’s already Cringy

[@Churre1]

Me: What do you have in that box? Schrödinger: A cat Me: Alive or dead? Schrödinger: Yes

[@KelvenOne]

now i'm wondering, who would ask that question? Person 1: yo i got a cat in a box Person 2: cool cool, is it alive?

[@saanvisharma2126]

Ted ed mentioned in another video why the wavelength of an object decreases as its momentum increases. Momentum increases when either mass or velocity of an object increases. By this logic, the one of the smallest objects in the universe, the electrons, will have the longest, clearly-visible wavelengths. Sorry for the rant, I just wanted this comment here so I can refer to it when I inevitably come back to this video:) Thanks Ted ed!

[@sam_k]

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

[@magentas6467]

you're not but you are

[@Tiandesta]

Yup

[@ethanblevins1116]

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

[@05xpeter]

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

[@jellyfishcluster]

You’re not supposed to understand quantum physics

[@anuragarya6416]

Before clicking on this video, I had a 50% chance of understanding it, but now when I DID click, I am Brain-Dead.

[@firefoxyt6600]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 true

[@ally462]

Welcome to physics

[@serenitybowers6422]

i recommend watching the “quantum mechanics for dummies” video, it really helped me

[@jacksonstein809]

“Famous for something he never actually did” Christopher Colombias: Hold my Smallpox

[@ainzoshle457]

I thought it was Christopher Colombus.

[@Psycandy]

Schrödinger's cat once said 'if you don't know which version is true, then you must accept both as true, or both as untrue, equally' - no, wait, that was Schrödinger's dog. He didn't have a cat.

[@wj8003]

My physics teacher has a bumper sticker that says: "If you know Schrodinger, wave!"

[@Phoenixblue.]

And if u don't then don't

[@althealligator1467]

Wait so that means every single person that saw that sticker claimed they knew Schrodinger

[@kathy582]

Wjimenez923 *all Big Bang theory fans wave*

[@marcoanonymous8434]

I like his thinking!

[@Theninjaprasad]

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

[@alfmea]

Makes sense.

[@thesoundsmith]

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

[@allthebrighttplaces]

Manfried the Man joined the chat

[@schensho6567]

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

[@aswinlal5341]

Rick and Morty stuff 🤣

[@cringecomputerscientist]

Old Memer: internet wouldn't have existed without cats Quantum Physics scientists: Y E S

[@colinwhite5355]

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.

[@daniellandoe8069]

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

[@nsbhater]

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

[@humanbeing1429]

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

[@angelicasysnila5476]

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]

You’re being transphobic

[@drosophilamelanogaster3121]

Actually yes but no

[@lukebarth5424]

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

[@kevinc.cucumber3697]

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

[@stephaniecarrow4898]

😄😄 LOL

[@pjjustice5014]

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

[@sigsauer_firearms]

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

[@pjb8295]

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

[@user-nd3dh4ok3n]

Me: *scrolling trought the comments and smiling* My parents: What are you watching? Me: um...it's complicated

[@jofx4051]

I'm watching and not watching at the same time

[@deedevon7468]

Wholesome comment 😁

[@elmo9097]

exactly but also not

[@dheerajmishra1741]

They have to see to be sure

[@ChanwooPark-me1wc]

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]

This is either chinese or english.. or both

[@anneclaudia1491]

@@dougdoan9190 both wrong cuz its actually korean

[@dougdoan9190]

@@anneclaudia1491 you just broke physics

[@oofer754]

@@dougdoan9190 This is rasist and not.

[@JasonJacksonJames]

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

[@coquettekepler]

lol :")

[@angelindelible8489]

lol same

[@mkiratul]

haha same 😂😂

[@swagcorngames1236]

Same

[@Javin12345]

same here (plus a little more)

[@Kebabrulle4869]

My little brother after this video: "... ... ...What is it with cats and the internet?"

[@heyitsshakil]

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

[@сбивающийстолку]

Indeed

[@snazzyzorua3459]

yep

[@jackpawlus5784]

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

[@kikigazit]

literally

[@a.s.w.9619]

True

[@jamesstuart3346]

Oh great now I'll have billions of math videos recommended

[@DoodleDan]

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

[@royaamuzumaki3891]

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]

The universe has a secret and it wants to keep it

[@igglyy3776]

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

[@MrMasterKaio]

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]

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

[@morganzachlfich4309]

its just like how i tell my mom i passed the test yet failed at the same time "DONT LOOK AT THE TEST PAPER MOM"

[@cupcakelulu2147]

omg 😂

[@stephaniecarrow4898]

😄😄😄😄 Best joke on this stream! 🏆🏆

[@winkmurder]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Lystchan]

Don't open it mom, it's quantum physics

[@ironvanguard7219]

I could understand it until he said “superposition”

[@firefoxyt6600]

I could understand it until he said "Australian"

[@jaycheda3232]

@@firefoxyt6600 i couldnt understand

[@firefoxyt6600]

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

[@jaycheda3232]

@@firefoxyt6600 everything

[@Monochromicornicopia]

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

[@veerchasm1]

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

[@mycabbages6264]

"They killed you?" The cat: *"well yes, but actually no"*

[@Lordecai]

Proving schrodinger's theory is a lie kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2WTiJyHgc2fnc0

[@varunshenai3811]

No one - Literally no one- Schrodinger and his cat - Yesn't

[@Lordecai]

Proving schrodinger's theory is a lie kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2WTiJyHgc2fnc0

[@Lordecai]

@RITVIK which one?

[@zacharynunn6532]

Wait so when you go to a funeral, the persons not dead until you get there? *murderer*

[@thanasgoga7127]

Murderer: Am I a joke to you

[@pmtclock]

Me: dies of laughter

[@shxtney]

plot twist

[@thisguyispeculiar]

That actually makes sense because if someone had an accident no one witnessed and is now missing, neither any relatives nor the police can tell if they are dead.

[@devilsadvocate7474]

But if the funeral takes place, then we already know for sure that the person is ded, nah ?

[@janhvinarayan1633]

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

[@dalesmith4609]

so Erwin Schrodinger died a while ago and he was buried in a coffin,can you see where i'm going with this?

[@dalesmith4609]

@Work is worship Exactly! Would his cat be able to sniff out his grave?!! Great minds...

[@neonz2712]

We must never open the coffin!

[@jakesamuel5197]

@Just your friendly neighborhood quiet kid He is dead if he goes into the box dead 100%

[@jakesamuel5197]

​@Just your friendly neighborhood quiet kid If you never saw his corpse, you can't confirm that he is dead, therefore you cant confirm he is buried in a coffin. If you assume he is dead, like you did in the comment, then he is dead

[@marknelsontejada6452]

Maybe he already passed through another dimension.

[@whyureadingmyname9570]

Man watching this I’m like oh okay I got it but then he starts adding wavelength like how Greeks added the alphabet to algebra, they had us in the first half not gonna lie.

[@faithh5546]

Lmao same

[@thesoundsmith]

Wvaelength IS the universe...

[@jamespfitz]

I feel like he just said "things exist in two places simultaneously" then showed us the reason: because things exist in two places simultaneously.

[@KaranSingh-jr2eu]

its a mind blowing thing when one finally understand this concept.

[@ivamanral989]

Watch veritasium and you'll know how math was made! My brains blew off today

[@Selwynn]

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

[@reimon5410]

Lol

[@calicocat7342]

This answer 😂

[@kaiju4864]

F

[@blackfoxgames4431]

Geniuse

[@maanasnair2295]

The Real Answer! lmao

[@SourceEnginePlayer]

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

[@mancheee646]

*When my teacher asks if i've done my homework* Me: Yeahno Her: What? Me: well... _It's complicated_

[@IIOOOAndikaYudhistira]

Me : Try to find out

[@nidhithakkar635]

😆😆

[@nidhithakkar635]

@@IIOOOAndikaYudhistira 😆👍

[@Lordecai]

Proving schrodinger's theory is a lie kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2WTiJyHgc2fnc0

[@cynthiakinsley8505]

My 4 year old grandson understands Schrödingers Cat perfectly.! 4 yr old: (is being rude) His mom: "Son, be polite. Ask don't take. Say please. " * 4 year old: "pleasethankyou". (Takes or does what he iniially desired). * His mom's failed assumption: that he would wait. He assumed the close. Thus demonstrating the yes/no or 0/1....

[@lost1027]

Im kinda impressed at my ability to come back to this video every year and yet not understand this (Thx for the likes guys) Note: I did understand this it's pretty simple just confusing. can the comments bout explaining me how it works stop

[@presauced]

lmao same

[@solonada9602]

We are mere average people.

[@presauced]

@@solonada9602 Yep, sadly.

[@solonada9602]

@@presauced The saddest part is that we can't do anything about it, because fluid intelligence is hardly malleable and has a limit. It does not behave like wealth or KZbin subscribers.

[@presauced]

@@solonada9602 You.. could be underestimating yourself? You have good vocabulary and you use punctuations well.

[@openskies9089]

In another parallel world it would be Schrödinger's Dog

[@ucokjohnson8708]

And it would be pavlov's cat

[@andromedagalaxian2158]

it would be cat putting Schrödinger in a box and calling it *Cat's Schrödinger experiment*

[@Oldladies_o7]

Checkovs cat and schrodingers gun

[@p_u_j_a6091]

😂😂

[@-FRIANEZAKENKANIFFSKIT]

or Schrödinger's Crush, because Schrödinger's Crush might likes him or not at the same time until he asks his crush

[@kondwaniphiri9772]

that flew over my head ,am watching it again

[@cking4869]

I always thought Schrodinger’s cat was kind of ridiculous. Turns out Schrodinger agrees.

[@neilrowe119]

Worth taking note of i reckon

[@juanli4153]

Yea

[@farahh1502]

no one : Schrödinger's cat : I am alive but I am dead

[@anushkaranjan259]

More like: I am alive AND I am dead

[@srikarkomanduri2933]

Just use a transparent box damn it

[@HealthHubss]

Then the moment you see the transparent box is when the universe makes the decision

[@bretsheeley4034]

@@HealthHubss Technically the moment any light or other particles interact with the live/dead cat and can transfer knowledge of the alive/dead state elsewhere, that's when the superposition collapses.

[@steakslave]

@@bretsheeley4034 I understand the philosophical idea behind Schrödinger's cat, and how it relates to the probabilities of what is observable. (I think.) But how does that relate to the superposition of electrons? The electron is on an atomic scale. While the unobserved cat (while definitely either alive or dead), can't really be in both STATES at the same time, the electron can be in more than one LOCATION at the same time, or at least time as we can measure it.

[@shubhamtiwari9472]

@@steakslave it's more like the probability of cat being alive/dead . We can only know it after opening the box but 1 second before we can't. It can either be alive/dead. It's a speculative psychological experiment kinda. Similarly electron on such a microscopic scale has the dual nature. That's why we speak about the probability of finding the electron.

[@mariealaba4160]

Srikar Komanduri There's no point then

[@Ghpelta]

Box: meows Schrödinger: i'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that.

[@jawaharlal1474]

Therefore I didn't approach to my crush so that at least 50% chances of her crush on me remains intact....

[@KurtisC93]

She likes you back. She's also not interested. If you ask her out, however, you'll collapse the crave function and it'll be either one or the other. But until then, her feelings exist in both states at the same time. You might say that she is... (ಠ_ಠ)>⌐■-■ (⌐■-■) _Schrödinger's girlfriend._

[@GlitchedBlox]

@@KurtisC93 a bit cringe innit bruv

[@yuhkarry]

@@GlitchedBlox Compared to your accent? Nah bruv

[@realize8405]

@@yuhkarry don't mock his accent his bri'ish

[@aasrithkammula5004]

@@yuhkarry don’t mock accents mate

[@mirelholban8013]

Not sure if too high or too dumb to understand quantum mechanics

[@killyourself7947]

Science is high and dumb. Amen.

[@yashsrivastava5227]

Its ok. Richard Feynman, an American physicist stated "I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics."

[@harmonicpsyche8313]

Iah Coron *Not high enough. FTFY

[@yungdani9018]

both tbh

[@texasray5237]

Too smart.

[@spjr99]

That feel when u take 2 chemistry classes and an organic chemistry class in college and this video explained the idea of covalent bonds better than anyone i've ever gotten a lecture from

[@ankittiwari15506]

Schrodinger's cat : No dogs are harmed in this experiment.

[@This_birb_is_annoying...]

But cats were

[@Borderlands2iscool]

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

[@taxavoider9889]

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

[@fazlulhowladerbibi5377]

+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]

+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]

same here

[@CrissAlcantara]

+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.

[@munesh.105]

Shrödinger: are you alive? Shrödinger's cat: well yes, but actually no

[@peepiepo]

The strange thing is, Schrodinger was actually saying that quantum states can't occur in a macro world. He basically said a cat in a box obviously *isn't* both dead and alive, yet for some reason the total opposite keeps getting repeated

[@dalek1099]

The experiment was based on a microscopic state though of the radiating atoms?

[@DanielAjoyB]

Right, that lie is repeated even in this video: "As absurd as it may seam, though, Schrodinger's cat is very real". This video is doing a disservice to the understanding of Quantum Physics.

[@killyourself7947]

the cat was very small.

[@kendawnkarish1434]

I knew the cat was alive. It was purrrrrring.

[@yeopyeop4098]

Heisemberg is incorrect, correct answer....

[@sundareshvenugopal6575]

1) Take a piece of cardboard. 2) Make two slits in it. 3) Shine a light from behind it. No interference pattern observed. If the interference pattern is really observed when a beam of single photons or electrons are fired, it should also be observed when a beam of more than one electron or one photon is fired. If each and every electron and photon is simultaneously going through both the slits, the pattern should only be more clearer when a beam of more than one electron or one photon is fired.