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Schrödinger's cat

If the cat is both dead and alive at the same time, does that mean Schrödinger's cat is a zombie?

I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.

Reply 1

impervious

Na, zombies are the undead.

Reply 2

Xenopus

No, it's either dead or alive, and not a mixture of the two, according to David Bohm's ontological interpretation of quantum mechanics, which is the theory that I agree with.

Reply 3

DayneD89

Xenopus

No, it's either dead or alive, and not a mixture of the two, according to David Bohm's ontological interpretation of quantum mechanics, which is the theory that I agree with.

I know, but I found it funny.

For arguments sake, I could argue that a zombie is alive. It has died in the past, but, depending on your definition of life, surely it has more life than many animals (certain bacterium, etc.)

Reply 4

Slumpy

The problem is, once we open the box the wave collapses so it's either dead or alive, so no longer a zombie.
So you could have a zombie cat army, just you could never see it.

Reply 5

alexpr2000

No-one can understand it and my point is that if the cat is both alive and dead, does your opening the door kill the cat?

Reply 6

raceforthefishman

maybe its not even a zombie cat at all just empty space with an 'alleged' cat that only appears once viewed......who knows!?!

:iiam:

Reply 7

ito725

i like the idea of zobie cat army, but ya you practically kill the cat by openin the box if it its already dead, and i guess revive it if it is not (im on to someting here). still, the idea is stupid who would want to open a box which has poision inside it that could go off at any minute.

Reply 8

john !!

If "not alive but not dead" is undead, then what is "unalive"... dead?

If so, the schrodinger's cat is both undead and unalive at the same time- it's a zombie and dead.
Therefore all cats are zombies. QED