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the real problem with this movie was how it butchered schrödinger's cat

posted 8 years ago by remembervhs
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i mean, cmon

[–] cthulhulurks 8 years ago

What's the original interpretation?

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[–] theedgeofthesand 8 years ago

I don't know much about physics so I could be wrong, but my understanding is that schrodingers cat isnt a logic problem at all... it's a physics thought experiment about how unintuitive quantum theory is. On its own, it makes absolutely no sense. It stuck out to me as super silly.

[–] cthulhulurks 8 years ago

If she tried to say that anything is possible then why not use the analogy. Then again she was a medic, not a physicist.

the girl was clearly human and intelligent so there was no dilemma at all, they just tried to keep themselves safe from the infection.

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[–] Brommabo 8 years ago

I was thinking the same :D
But the doctor was not a physicist. So maybe she just couldn't think of more riddles.

There is no such thing as too much time

[–] Sword_or_Pen 8 years ago

I think she was trying to make it seem like it was open to interpretation.

[–] remescen 8 years ago

It was used in a new context - to ask whether Melanie is an unconscious machine-like entity, or "dead", or sentient and "alive". Melanie is Schrodinger's Cat, as a metaphor.