I don’t understand..
When we observe it, we can define it’s state right? But it was never in both states. It was only in one, we just didn’t know which one it is. It’s not like if I go back in time and open the box at a different time, that the outcome will be different. It is one of the 2 outcomes, we just don’t know which one until we look. And when we look we discover which one it was, it was never the 2 at the same time. This is what’s been bugging me. Can anyone help explain it? Or am I thinking about it wrong?
In: Physics
It’s not an actual cat. It’s a thought experiment. It was never done as an actual experiment. A thought experiment is a sort of metaphor that smart people use to entertain themselves.
So the cat is a metaphor, the box is a metaphor and the whole thing is a metaphor.
The goal of the whole metaphor is like this: “hey, look at the electrons how weird, they are in a state that can be A or B but we never know which one they choose until we know”. And that’s it.
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