[HPforGrownups] Schrodinger's Cat

[Denise]

No: HPFGUIDX 1330

Sorta like the psychology principle that people watched act differently, eh?

On last question, OT, and I will leave it alone.  Is this in anyway related to that Cat that Ben Holiday met up with in his adventure of being "NOT" king of Landover?  (In a sequel of the series that started with MAGIC KINGDOM FOR SALE, SOLD")    

Dee

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  >
  >Schrodinger's Cat
  >
  >Could you explain what this is?
  >
  >Thanks!
  >
  >Dee
  >
  Schrodinger's Cat is an illustration used to illustrate principles in
  quantum mechanics.  I would attemtp to explain it but I'd probably end up
  talking about wavefunctions and orbital mechanics.

  Basically, at the subatomic level, the Uncertainty Principle says that you
  can never know everything about a particle with complete accuracy, because
  the act of observation alters the state of the particle.

  Lori


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