Schrödinger's Cat: What Are the Benefits?

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hello ,
i would like to find out somoething more abaut this experiment, i got the general drift , but what is it for? What advantages can we gain in our life from this? I trully believe that someone can help me, looking froward to answer
thanks
 
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It's a thought experiment that proves that if QM is correct, and microscopic systems can be in superpositions, then macroscopic objects can be in superpositions too. The "advantage" it gives us is a (slightly) better understanding of QM.
 
wuko said:
hello ,
i would like to find out somoething more abaut this experiment, i got the general drift , but what is it for? What advantages can we gain in our life from this? I trully believe that someone can help me, looking froward to answer
thanks

You might also want to browse this forum, or do a search. There's already a huge number of threads discussing this exact topic.

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ok, thanks for very quickly reply, and sorry for interrupting you, as you see i am a 'teddler' on this site , so forgive me -.-
 
wuko said:
ok, thanks for very quickly reply, and sorry for interrupting you, as you see i am a 'teddler' on this site , so forgive me -.-

Er... there is nothing to apologize for. Your question is totally appropriate.

Zz.
 
If you'd really like a headache, do a little research on Wigner's Friend. That might well give you some insight into why the thought experiment has such a deep impact in the world of Quantum Mechanics (QM).

Welcome by the way!
 
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If we release an electron around a positively charged sphere, the initial state of electron is a linear combination of Hydrogen-like states. According to quantum mechanics, evolution of time would not change this initial state because the potential is time independent. However, classically we expect the electron to collide with the sphere. So, it seems that the quantum and classics predict different behaviours!

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