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[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

Thing is that Schrödinger would never put a cat in a box to test his thought experiment because Schrödinger knows that macroscopic objects don't really adhere to quantum mechanics principles because of decoherence.

[–] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you want collapsing wave functions? Because cats how you get collapsing wave functions.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

Room temperature is another great way to get decoherence

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