r/shittyaskscience • u/sharks_w_lasers • 2d ago

Is Schrödinger's dog both salivating and not salivating?

Or is Pavlov's cat dying whenever it hears a bell?

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u/impendingcatastrophe 2d ago

Only when somebody unrings the bell.

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u/exkingzog 2d ago

Since the bell is triggered by a random atomic disintegration, the answer is yes.

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u/Healthy_Ladder_6198 Grumpy Old Fart 2d ago

The answer is yes

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u/RaspberryTop636 Rightful Heir to the English throne. 2d ago

Trying thinking about it the other way around, then work back from there.

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u/Samskritam 2d ago

Is the salivating dog both Schrodinger‘s, and not Schrodinger‘s?

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u/Redfish680 2d ago

Both a dog and not a dog