Schrödinger's cat is the thinking experiment that can introduce the imperfectness of quantum mechanics when we are transferring from the atomic level to microscopic systems. The problem is that we know that some of our observations are wrong. When we boil water we know that water is vaporizing. And sooner or later the dish is empty. We might ask where water is? We know that the water molecules or hydrogen and oxygen atoms that formed those molecules still exist.
The idea is that in quantum mechanics the particle can at the same time exist and not exist. Wave-particle duality means that even if annihilation turns the entire particle to wave movement that wave movement can turn back to that particle. So if we want to connect Schrödinger's cat with the particle-wave duality. It means when annihilation turns particle to wave movement it is not lost. It just changed its form.
Schrödinger's can is the cat that is at the same time alive and dead. The problem with the quantum mechanic theory is that it's too absolute. The material is or material does not exist. The problem with too absolute theories is. They don't take into account transformation. When we are boiling water that thing seems to vanish, but we know it just turns its form. That means water molecules exist. But we can use them for nothing. So water that was in the dish existed. But that water lost its meaning to us.
In quantum theory, the cat can be at the same time dead and alive. And that thing is determined as Schrödinger's cat. That the most famous cat in the world is the model of superposition. Term superposition means the material like particle or particle group can be at the same time at two different positions. The position can be in energy, it can be in space or place, or it can be in time.
The position can mean that the particle is in two locations but the particle can also have an internal energy state. That does not affect its core. Or the superposition can mean that the oscillation of two particles or particle groups would synchronize and that thing makes those particles are like the same particles.
Because elementary particles, like electrons or photons, oscillate at the same frequency they are like the same particle. When they are under stress by radiation they turn to the same particle. In quantum teleportation, the radiation is connecting two particles.
And when another side of that thing is moving. Also, another part of the particle pair is moving. The superpositioned and entangled particles are connected by the "stick" of radiation. There is no limit in the length of superposition and superpositioned and entangled particles can use to make the real-time communication to another star. That thing is called quantum teleportation.
But when we are thinking about things like are cats dead or are they alive. We can also determine the words "Alive" and "dead" by using some other terms. At that moment we can replace the word "alive " by using the word "thing that means something to us". And word "dead" means that the thing means nothing to us.
Let's take one example. What if the cat carries a USB stick that involves some important information? So if that USB stick is put to the collar? And the cat lost that thing, the cat means nothing for that mission. That means from the point of view that cat is dead. Of course, it can be cute or a nice pet. But that cat has no information it has nothing to do with its mission and its dead.
But let's think otherwise. The cat can die and there is no collar. But there is the possibility that the USB stick is surgically installed in its body. So the cat still means something for the mission. It still can carry important information even if it's dead. So that means the cat can be alive and carry data that has a purpose even if it's dead for somebody else. At the end of this text, I must ask: "why Schrödinger didn't use water and dish in this example"?
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