Thankfully as far as I know nobody has seen the need to actually conduct Schrodinger's "thought experiment", but on Niels Bohr's "Copenhagen interpretation" of Quantum Mechanics (which appears to be essentially "Chill out, Albert, this appears to be how it is... "), the cat is in a probabilistic limbo state until the quantum waveform is collapsed by the intervention of the observer who opens the box & looks inside.
This would probably be something of a discombobulating experience for the feline, especially if the poor thing survives the exercise... Richard Feynmann who further developed quantum electrodynamics & was a great communicator as well as a great scientist (he acted as an independent expert in the inquiry into the Challenger space shuttle disaster incidentally, as well) public stated "No-one understands Quantum Mechanics". Without it though, we're back to tube amplifiers & LP's... Dave :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Golden Earring's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106914 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
