Schrödinger’s Cat is often used to illustrate the paradoxical nature of quantum mechanics, but does this thought experiment accurately reflect the complexities of quantum theory, or does it simplify them to the point of misunderstanding?
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As much as it is meant to show how silly it is, it still illustrates it well enough for practical purposes.
It’s worth noting that mainstream quantum mechanics is ***virtual.*** As in their is no universally accepted and proven concept of for what is actually mechanically happening (e.g.. what *is* wave function collapse in real life, how is it powered, how does it break some other fundamental laws etc. etc).
Since we cannot ever see what is actually happening and the math behind it works, then it “may as well be true”.
Given this, the cat example is close enough to understand the concept.
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