Is @SchroedingersLion Alive or Dead?

[.Scott]

I noticed that someone has the user name @SchroedingersLion and I have to comment.

I imagine the same experiment as before - but instead there's a hungry sleeping lion in the box with an alarm clock wired to the decay detector.

In this new experiment, the observer stays in the box with the alarm clock.
If the observer is still alive at the end of an hour, an observation has been made.
Otherwise, is he still in a superposition of dead and alive?

No, I'm not serious. But it's an entertaining thought.

 

[ZapperZ]

And why would this be “an entertaining thought”?

Zz.

 

[Rive]

In this new experiment, the observer stays in the box with the alarm clock.

Well. In this case the universe outside is, what will remain in an undetermined state

Also, with the death of the observer, the experiment would become invalid

 

[.Scott]

Well. In this case the universe outside is, what will remain in an undetermined state

Hmmmm...
Okay. So, in response to someone being in trouble - perhaps they are about to be eaten by a lion, the observer jumps into a box until help can arrive. Thus keeping the potential victim in an indetermined state.

 

[fresh_42]

Reminds me on the old joke:
"How does a mathematician catch a lion?"
"He takes a cage, sits in it, and makes a $\frac{1}{z}$ transformation."

 

[kuruman]

I noticed that someone has the user name @SchroedingersLion and I have to comment.

I imagine the same experiment as before - but instead there's a hungry sleeping lion in the box with an alarm clock wired to the decay detector.

In this new experiment, the observer stays in the box with the alarm clock.
If the observer is still alive at the end of an hour, an observation has been made.
Otherwise, is he still in a superposition of dead and alive?

No, I'm not serious. But it's an entertaining thought.

Isn't this the same as the original thought experiment except that now the question has become, "Is the cat hungry or fed?"