Recent content by NickMDal

No need to be sensitive. We are addressing the very question the OP asked.

There are no experiments that prove entanglement continuity between consecutive macro objects to a single particle. Whether or not this is eventually proven to be possible, you can't make it the basis for your argument that the cat is in an entangled state. We have no evidence at all saying...

I believe the merit of the Schrodinger's cat metaphor hinges entirely on this. What evidence is there that entanglement exists between the ejected photon and the cat itself? Saying that entanglement exists between "any" interactions is way to inclusive and is without evidence.

I feel like this is where things go off the rails. In this experiment, exactly why is the cat in an entangled state? As I understand, entanglement has been observed in matter up to a millimeter in size under very controlled conditions. How does the cat, which is on the other side of the...

I think this is drastically easier than everyone makes it. But the OP has a really good point, since every venue that teachers introductory physics goes through this same old thought experiment. The Great Courses quantum mechanics lectures describe sitting in three movie theater chairs at once...