Schrödinger'sCatRomney:A catMitt Romney,a flask of poisona news camera, anda radioactive sourcean undecided voter are placed in a sealed box. If an internal monitor detectsradioactivitymovement by the undecided voter,the flask is shatteredthe camera is turned on,releasing the poison that kills the catcausing Romney to state either a severely conservative or moderate position for the undecided voter. The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics implies that after a while,the catRomney is simultaneouslyalive and deadconservative and moderate. Yet, when we look in the box, we seethe catRomney eitheralive or dead, not both alive and deadconservative or moderate, not both conservative and moderate.
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GAH! I just watched Wednesday night's "The Daily Show" and was surprised to see a Schrödinger's cat joke. I swear this wasn't a copycat post.
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