Physicists Claim They Solved Schrödinger's Cat Problem

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The Schrödinger's Cat thought experiment illustrates the absurd consequences of the mathematics of quantum physics: A cat trapped in a box seems to be both alive and dead at the same time. We all agree that that’s absurd, but just why do we not ever see dead-and-alive cats? This question has vexed physicists for more than a century. A group of researchers now say they’ve solved the problem. Let’s take a look.

Paper: https://physics.aps.org/articles/v17/155

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