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Schrodinger's Precious (media.piefed.social)
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[-] neatchee@piefed.social 89 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nasty hobitses did not mention radioactive particle decay or poison ~~vile~~ vial! Cat is just dead dead dead!! Suffocated, starved, sensory deprived cat!

[-] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago
[-] neatchee@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

poison is vile, killing cats is vile, I see absolutely no problem here >.>

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Wait... So the radioactive material or poison is meant to keep the cat alive? 🤔

[-] neatchee@piefed.social 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

no, the vial of poison and radioactive particle connected to a device that breaks the vial when it detects the particle's decay is what makes the cat's state probabilistic. Otherwise it's just a cat in a box

[-] caradenada@feddit.cl 16 points 1 month ago

BTW, the state of the cat being probabilistic is meant to be absurd or paradoxical, since Schrodinger's cat is supposed to be a thought experiment against quantum superposition.

[-] neatchee@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago

Yup. Turns out he was super wrong though and existence is just that fucked up at the quantum level

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago

Tell that to your imaginary Gollum that claims without that stuff, the cat is dead. lol

[-] neatchee@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

..... it's a sealed box with no holes ..... the cat is very dead or will be very soon

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

it's meant to keep schroedinger away

this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2026
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