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What if I open the box and let out the Schrodinger's cat and don't inform the experimenter?
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- WhoLv 71 year agoFavorite Answer
you dont need to inform them
you became the experimenter when you opened the box (i.e you "collapsed" the wave function) and already know the result - the cat didnt die
(The experiment ceased when the box was opened and you saw the result)
- D gLv 71 year ago
When you open the box. You become the observer
The cat will be in a state of death or life after you observe it but before it will be both
- Anonymous1 year ago
It depends on whether or not you, yourself are a sentient being. I have my doubts.
- 1 year ago
It will run off toward a freeway, and you *still* won't know if he made it or not...
- Campbell HaydenLv 71 year ago
a) You can make friends with the cat
b) You can take the liberty of feeding the cat
c) You can leave the box open for physicists to contemplate
d) You can have a heart-to-heart conversation with the cat
and assure it that it is extant, and not just 'theoretical'
e) All of the above (Not necessarily in the order listed)
- Anonymous1 year ago
Seriously, you can’t figure that out? Duh.
- L. E. GantLv 71 year ago
Then the experimenter will be surprised when he/she opens the box to find nocat