Category Archives: Science and Society

Posts on all things scientific; biology, evolution, all the way to computer science (when it’s not about programming or applications), and also some pieces on politics and society in general.

Schrödinger’s Cat

Schrödinger should not have put that cat in the box!

Why?

Everyone knows a cat has nine lives…

Eight and nine lives, when in Schrödinger’s box…

So, whatever happens in that box the cat is alive when you open it!

How does this influence Quantum Mechanics? Is the universe doomed?

Schrödinger definitely should have placed a dog in the box instead!

Unless of course, cats are a vital component in the Standard Model of Physics! Hmmm…

Update: Maybe Schrödinger was a dog person?

Choices

One choice eliminates endless possibilities, that’s why choosing is so scary. As much as we’d like to postpone choices in order to keep our options open, abstaining from choosing is also making a choice, it’s usually a choice to give up control.