Alternatively, how does one go from Fermi's Golden Rule, which gives us the 
probability of radioactive decay at time t from the beginning of 
observation, to the assertion that a radioactive source is in a 
superposition of (|Decayed> + |Undecayed>)? What principle of QM is applied 
to get this result? TIA, AG

On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 10:42:22 PM UTC-6 Alan Grayson wrote:

> When the box is closed, and before the measurement, why can't it be 
> claimed that the Cat is in a Mixed State, not a Superposition of States? 
> Only the latter leads to the paradox of a cat which is Alive and Dead 
> simultaneously. AG

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