I've decided what this blog needs is a certain amount of Quantum Mechanics. This, as we all know, is the branch of Physics that brought us Schrodinger's Cat, the iconic thought experiment that illustrated the Uncertainty Principle. This Principle states that the result of a Quantum Mechanics experiment can exist in two mutually exclusive Quantum States right up to the point that it is observed. Only after the point of observation does the result of the experiement become plain. A object can exist and not exist at the same time and it is only when it is observed that the actual result can be known. As Schrodinger guessed, this may be applied to non sub-atomic particles, and here I illustrate it with his actual cat . As you can see, it is indeed in a Quantum state. Now here we have the cat at the very moment of observation . At this point it is in limbo, it's not clear if the cat exists or does not exist. Here is the result. Clearly in this cas...
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