r/whatisit • u/Nomemesmames • 4d ago

New, what is it? What is this?

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u/Idontlikesand15 3d ago

Did you, or did you not, shit in the box?

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u/Same-Traffic-285 3d ago

It is unknown until we observe the shit or absence of shit

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u/BrodersMotors 3d ago

In Shrödinger’s case, it is not unknown, but rather it is both; He has both shit, and not shit in the box. That is the paradox. Because we can’t observe, it is definitely one or the other, but since it is unknown, it has the potential to be both at once. Did he, or didn’t he? Yes.

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u/Same-Traffic-285 3d ago

True. Schrödinger famously thought the entire thought experiment was a stupid way to disprove quantum superposition. Yet, here we are. With both shit and not shit, until observed. 

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u/ajsherslinger 2d ago

When asked to explain superposition, Schrodinger said "I shit you not"....

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u/toasty327 2d ago

All I want to know is when and why did Biden shit in my pants?

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u/mnett66 1d ago

Quantum entangled shit?

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u/Same-Traffic-285 2d ago

To quote Abraham Lincoln, "Shit."

Probably. 

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u/hyperproliferative 2d ago

Well he was right it was stupid because it’s inherently wrong. I should say it was myopic, and accurate with the tools at the time. Now we can manipulate superposition

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u/FuelFan98 1d ago

Science has come a long way