in the thought experiment of Schroedinger's cat, after the murder mechanism is triggered by half a photon, the box contains a cyanide capsule in a quantum superposition of unbroken and broken, and a cat in a quantum superposition of alive and dead. it is NOT the case that the cat is either alive or dead but it's unknown which because the box is closed; rather, the cat truly is in the classically incomprehensible state of being simultaneously alive and dead. (other experiments like quantum double slit support this.)
after the box is opened, the quantum state randomly "collapses" (Copenhagen interpretation) into precisely one of the two possibilities:
- cyanide capsule unbroken and cat alive
- cyanide capsule broken and cat dead
...which would be true if Schroedinger had chosen anything but a cat as his lab animal. (why not a lab rat like any normal scientist?)
because cat, we must add the possibility of cyanide released but cat still alive (with its internal lives counter decreased by one).
also the small possibility of cyanide unreleased but cat dead of natural causes (perhaps curiosity) during the (presumably) brief experiment.
previously, superluminal action at a distance between two cats. that experiment could end with both cats alive (one with its internal lives counter decreased by one).
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