KnowraSchrödinger’s catLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to Schrödinger’s cat, each with the reason it gives.All 7Broader topic 6Related 1Quantum measurementBroader topic: It dramatizes the tension between superposition and the definite outcomes of measurement.Quantum superpositionBroader topic: It applies quantum superposition to a macroscopic system to expose interpretive puzzles.Erwin SchrödingerBroader topic: Schrödinger devised it to expose what he saw as an absurd consequence of applying quantum superposition to everyday objects.Measurement problemBroader topic: It dramatizes how applying superposition to macroscopic systems seems to yield contradictory outcomes.Thought experimentBroader topic: It dramatizes the measurement problem by applying quantum superposition to a familiar macroscopic object.Bohr–Einstein debatesRelated: It made the measurement problem vivid, though Schrödinger—not Einstein—introduced the example.Wave function collapseBroader topic: It dramatizes the question of when a superposition becomes one definite outcome.