Anytime I read about it or when I hear people using it to describe a situation I feel stupid as shit. And how is it can be used to quantumcomputers?
Help a dumbass out. Thanks.
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Schrodinger’s cat is a thought experiment in which a cat is put in a box with a decaying isotope. The radiation produced is guaranteed to eventually kill the cat; but since the cat is in a box, you can’t know for certain if the cat has died yet until it’s opened. Effectively, until the box is opened and you can see for yourself, the cat is both alive and dead.
Situations that must be confirmed are often compared to this. For example, if you apply for a job and receive a decision in an email, until you have read the email it can be said that you have both gotten the job and not gotten the job.
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