Nick Douglas discussing "Cat in the Box"
with Richard Claypool...
 ND>      You see, there was a radioactive isotope placed inside the box
 ND> with the cat. There was also a vial of poison that would kill the cat
 ND> if an electron from the isotope hit it. There was a 50% chance of that
 ND> happen- ning. Who was it that proposed this experiment?
Erwin Schr”dinger. It's commonly known as "Schr”dinger's Cat" and the 
experiment was never performed nor ever intentioned to be performed.
 ND>      Anyway, the theory was that the two probabilities battled with
 ND> each other until it was known what happened. I don't see why it
 ND> matters, since once we knew what happened, the other probability
 ND> wouldn't exist. Nick Douglas, newbie extraordinaire
                                 
Yes, but the point of the experiment is to ask WHEN do the probabilities 
collapse into one outcome - inside the box before we open it or only when we 
open it?
    Relatif Tuinn
... Bother! said Pooh, as the EPA closed the hunny factory.
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