Mr schrodinger
His entire point was that it was impossible.
1 A.Kolmogorov, Foundations of the Theory of Probability 1933 Probability theory is based on a. A Reconstruction of Quantum Mechanics, Foundations of Physics, (2015), p551. While many people incorrectly assume Schrödinger supported the premise behind the thought experiment, he really didn’t. SchrodingerI have good news and bad news.' Bohr Atomic physics deprives of all meaning such inherent attributes as the idealization of classical physics would ascribe to such objects. Thus, he reasoned that the Copenhagen Interpretation must be inherently flawed. Quantum superposition could not work with large objects such as cats, because it is impossible for an organism to be simultaneously alive and dead. Of course, Schrödinger claimed, that was ridiculous. Thus, until the system collapsed into one configuration, the cat would exist in some superposition zombie state of being both alive and dead. Until someone opened the container and observed the system, it was impossible to predict if the cat’s outcome. If the geiger counter detected radiation, the hammer would smash the poison, killing the cat. The amount of radioactive material was minuscule enough that it only had a 50/50 shot of being detected over the course of an hour. So what does this have to do with cats? Schrödinger wanted people to imagine that a cat, poison, a geiger counter, radioactive material, and a hammer were inside of a sealed container. Schrödinger disagreed with this interpretation. The Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum mechanics essentially states that an object in a physical system can simultaneously exist in all possible configurations, but observing the system forces the system to collapse and forces the object into just one of those possible states. Meyer, Au-delà des opérateurs pseudo-différentiels, Astérisque, 57 (1978). He is best known for his work regarding quantum theory, particularly about his thought experiment involving a cat in order to explain the flawed interpretation of quantum superposition. Erwin Schrödinger was born in Vienna on Augand was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933. Tsutsumi, Global strong solutions for nonlinear Schrdinger equations, Preprint, Hiroshima, 1986.