# On Schrödinger's Cat

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-schrodingers-cat/331494
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**Created:** [August 12, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-schrodingers-cat/331494 "2013-08-12T13:56:08Z")
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### Author: ![IQAndreas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f08c70/32.png) [@IQAndreas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/IQAndreas)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-schrodingers-cat/331494/1 "2013-08-12T13:56:08Z")

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Since it’s Erwin Schrödinger’s birthday (Google even put up a custom logo for it), you may be tempted to misuse the thought experiment known as _Schrödinger’s Cat_ as has happened far too many times on shows such as _The Big Bang Theory_.

[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal](http://www.smbc-comics.com/) sums it up brilliantly:  
[![](http://forum.kirupa.com/uploads/kirupa/6696/4dd2af249cdd1f0e.gif)](http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2524)

Embrace this newfound knowledge, and take with you the following very related quote:

[INDENT]There is a difference between a shaky or out-of-focus photograph and a snapshot of clouds and fog banks. —Erwin Schrödinger, (English translation from _Die gegenwärtige Situation in der Quantenmechanik_)  
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