Erwin Schrödinger’s most famous thought experiment became known as “Schrödinger’s cat”: A cat is in a box with a vial of poison. The vial breaks if an atom inside the box decays. The atom is superposed in decay and non-decay states until it is observed, and thus the cat is superposed in alive and dead states.
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What was Erwin Schrödinger’s most famous thought experiment?
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