The Strange Science of Schrödinger’s Cat and Quantum Superposition
797The famous “Schrödinger’s cat” is more than a joke about the unknown. It’s a hypothetical way of understanding an idea in quantum mechanics known as superposition. This week on Wondrium, philosophy meets physics.
This video is lecture 10 from the series The Great Questions of Philosophy and Physics, presented by Steven Gimbel
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00:00 Where Physics Meets Philosophy
02:53 “Schrödinger’s Cat” and Quantum Mechanics
08:12 Quantum Mechanics Interpretations
13:18 Perspectives on the Copenhagen Interpretation
18:25 Eugene Wigner and Observation Phases
20:50 Descartes and Metaphysical Dualism
23:11 Many-Worlds Interpretation
27:12 How Observations Create Superimpositions
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