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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 6 Dec 1994.
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Entwisle's Dog meets Schrodinger's Cat

Entwisle's Dog meets Schrodinger's Cat

alt.ascii-art · 1 message · 6 Dec 1994
David Howard,Ph3751,Rm368 (dav...@ist.flinders.edu.au) wrote:

> I was explaining the idea of Schrodinger's Cat to a fellow
> PhD student.  In particular, the role of the observer... 

> What if the observer was a dog (named for said fellow PhD student) 
> rather than a human? ...

> If you take the position that the dog is concious, so that the 
> situation is the same as that for a human observer, then what 
> about the case where the observer is a mouse (which had better 
> hope the cat collapses to "dead" ;-) )...

> Comments anyone?  For example, the "real" name for
> Entwisle's dog if this idea has been considered before...


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