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Quantum & RelativityQuantum Mechanics

Schrödinger's Cat Was a Joke

The famous cat was meant to show how absurd the idea sounded

A cat in a box, alive and dead at once until someone looks. You've heard it a hundred times. Did its inventor believe it?

You'll find out

  • What the cat was really invented for
  • Why big things are never in two states
  • How a joke ended up inside computers

Why it matters

Quantum computers work only while their parts stay in two states at once. This cat explains why that is so hard.

About 3 min6 interactive slides · 5 questionsLesson 146 · Zone 17

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