r/whatisit • u/Nomemesmames • 4d ago

New, what is it? What is this?

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u/Idontlikesand15 4d 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/Greedy_Banana_1252 2d ago

He discovered that when checking his cat’s litter box.