Can Schrodinger's Cat Be Really a Quantum Touchstone?



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Submitted May 16, 2021
Published Jun 7, 2021
10.24018/ejphysics.2021.3.3.81

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It is revealed the invalidity of the idea that famous Schrodinger's cat thought experiment can be a quantum touchstone. The arguments are: (i) the probabilistic incorrectness in the (over)rating of the subject, (ii) the possibility of imagining non-quantum scenarios but completely similar to that experiment (iii) lack of ratified practical tests having genuine essence (i.e., non-counterfeit). So, the aforesaid experiment appears as a simplistic thought exercise without any notable significance for quantum physics.

Keywords: Schrodinger's cat, thought scenarios, random variables, single realizations, statistical evaluation

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