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.

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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!
 
We often see discussions about what QM and QFT mean, but hardly anything on just how fundamental they are to much of physics. To rectify that, see the following; https://www.cambridge.org/engage/api-gateway/coe/assets/orp/resource/item/66a6a6005101a2ffa86cdd48/original/a-derivation-of-maxwell-s-equations-from-first-principles.pdf 'Somewhat magically, if one then applies local gauge invariance to the Dirac Lagrangian, a field appears, and from this field it is possible to derive Maxwell’s...
I read Hanbury Brown and Twiss's experiment is using one beam but split into two to test their correlation. It said the traditional correlation test were using two beams........ This confused me, sorry. All the correlation tests I learnt such as Stern-Gerlash are using one beam? (Sorry if I am wrong) I was also told traditional interferometers are concerning about amplitude but Hanbury Brown and Twiss were concerning about intensity? Isn't the square of amplitude is the intensity? Please...
I am not sure if this belongs in the biology section, but it appears more of a quantum physics question. Mike Wiest, Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Wellesley College in the US. In 2024 he published the results of an experiment on anaesthesia which purported to point to a role of quantum processes in consciousness; here is a popular exposition: https://neurosciencenews.com/quantum-process-consciousness-27624/ As my expertise in neuroscience doesn't reach up to an ant's ear...

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