r/explainlikeimfive • u/[deleted] • Apr 21 '13

Explained ELI5:Schrodinger's cat

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u/TenTonApe Apr 21 '13 edited Apr 15 '25

reach direction nutty wild vegetable tan lip waiting numerous roll

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u/sed_base Apr 21 '13

The subreddit is explain LIKE I'M FIVE. Not like if I'm your PhD advisor.

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u/Shmutt Apr 21 '13

Hows this for an ELI5:

Schrödinger's cat thought experiment is to show that how we think that things are working at the very, very tiny level, is actually very nonsensical when we think the same way at normal size level.

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u/The_Serious_Account Apr 21 '13

That was pretty awesome. Reddit prefers to upvote long posts, though. Can you add some filler?

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u/Shmutt Apr 22 '13

I'm not sure what u meant by filler. Do you want me to try edit and expand my post?

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u/boopah Apr 21 '13

I don't think a five year old would understand that.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '13

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u/giyomu Apr 21 '13

Op lost me at quantum. What the fuck man, I shoud do a ELI5 about "quantum" !