Can Prayer Save Schrodingers Cat?
A few days ago, while surfing the net, I came across a one-line joke that sounded like this: “How can a religious man save Schrodinger’s cat? He prays before opening the box.” For those who are not familiar with quantum physics and the interesting disputes generated by its various interpretations, I want to start by saying a few words about Schrodinger’s famous cat. As the amazing discoveries of quantum mechanics point out, when unobserved, atomic particles exist in all possible states. It is only the act of observation (or measurement) that forces a particle to collapse into a definite state. Schrodinger devised a thought experiment to show us the possible implications of this fact in everyday life. The experiment involves placing a cat in a sealed box with a deadly mechanism. The probability of finding the cat dead or alive is 50-50. According to the principles of quantum mechanics, the cat is simultaneously dead and alive until the box is opened and an observer comes into the equati
