quantum mechanics

HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world – 15 points –

Playing the lotery is a good analogy to the Schroedinger cat experiment. That is, as long as you don't check the numbers

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This is a gross misinterpretation of the Schrรถdinger's cat thought experiment and how the lottery actually works. That said, this is genuinely a shower thought because it's logic evaporates as quickly as you dry off and put your thinking pants on.

Well pardon me sir, my scientific background is entirely made of yt science videos for middle-schoolers!

I suffered from the wrong interpretation myself for a long time, and I think it's worth a brief explanation as to why it is wrong. It's clear why so many people misunderstand it, and I'm incapable of providing a concise, correct explanation to other people myself. But I like to see other people try, and hope one day to come across an elegant explanation that I can plagiarize.