What is Schrödinger's Cat? | Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains...

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  • What is Schrödinger's Cat? On this explainer, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore Schrodinger's cat and quantum mechanics… Or do they?
    Learn about famous physicist Erwin Schrödinger and his work with quantum mechanics. What is the Observer Effect? We debunk some misconceptions about the Observer Effect and break down what starts to go wrong when doing experiments with the really really small. Discover quantum cats in boxes and quantum computing. What is superposition? Can something be two things at once? What is a Qbit? Explore the mystery of the quantum realm with us…
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    0:00 - Introduction
    0:50 - Origins of Schrödinger's Cat
    1:25 - The Observer Effect
    3:00 - The Albedo Effect
    4:53 - Why Subatomic Particles ‘Change’ When Observed
    6:53 - Schrödinger's Cat
    8:33 - Cats on the Internet
    9:37 - Chuck’s Se7en Analogy
    10:54 - Quantum Computing
    12:07 - The Quantum Head
    14:23 - Quantum Probabilities
    14:36 - Quantum Tunneling
    15:08 - Quantum Entanglement
    15:24 - The Watershed Decade In Physics
    16:18 - Texas Instrument Calculators
    17:29 - Closing Notes
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  • @StarTalk
    @StarTalk  ปีที่แล้ว +3191

    Should we do another episode on Quantum weirdness?

    • @kuwarsing43
      @kuwarsing43 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Yeah.... Since both of you guys explaining such things, I'm in ✌🏻😎

    • @sashsaeedi7963
      @sashsaeedi7963 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Yes please

    • @rushfan1970
      @rushfan1970 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Yeesss!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼

    • @DelfinoGarza77
      @DelfinoGarza77 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Maybe Gwyneth Paltrow's head is not in the box if Brad Pitt never looks inside. It is morbid and I hate it but I also know that movie SE7EN is just a story told by actors, and I could tell they did a good job because I didn't want to look in the box lol. Spacey was the evil villan, Freeman and Pitt are the good guys and Paltrow was Pitts wife. I saw it once and I will never see it again.

    • @Ndoda71
      @Ndoda71 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes please !!!

  • @imnotmike
    @imnotmike 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +228

    What I've discovered is that I exist in a state where I both understand, and do not understand the concept of Schrödinger's Cat, simultaneously.

    • @Larrymh07
      @Larrymh07 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I like your joke, but there's a lot of truth in it. I think we all have that experience in understanding.

    • @timapple6586
      @timapple6586 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Cats be damned, does a concept live or die? Sink or swim? What's the penalty for slaying an idea? [Ans: A job.]

    • @abuelojoven8633
      @abuelojoven8633 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      😂 Yes buddy! I'm in that box too!

    • @shahzadrajabdeen3215
      @shahzadrajabdeen3215 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I really wanted to listen to this. But the other guy(Not ND Tyson) was wayyy too irritating to get through this.

    • @frankcoverjr.-jz3ne
      @frankcoverjr.-jz3ne 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      “I am Schrödinger’s cat!”- Spartacus 😂😊

  • @root0062
    @root0062 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +296

    Tyson is a rare teacher. You can laugh in tears and learn about complex physics at the same time.

    • @quazar912
      @quazar912 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Michio Kaku is best

    • @teeellecee
      @teeellecee 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Watching these videos makes me feel like Jeff Spicoli: "Learning about [Schrödinger's Cat], and having some food." And not understanding much more than Spicoli would.

    • @iyendeezont
      @iyendeezont 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@quazar912no you’re wrong. Tyson is better than Michio Kaku

    • @IvenRossall-te3sx
      @IvenRossall-te3sx วันที่ผ่านมา

      I'm more Interested in Science.
      Racial Humor is Something I have No Appreciation in.
      In a Political Discussion, OK
      I Like Scientific Discussion on a "Science Show"
      Great Show Otherwise

  • @user-sz5dt9ih7f
    @user-sz5dt9ih7f 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +307

    Chuck Nice has got to be one of the sharpest dudes on the planet. He just moves things along so seamlessly and with so much humor and insight. He's just wonderful!!!

    • @robw3984
      @robw3984 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Racist

    • @user-sz5dt9ih7f
      @user-sz5dt9ih7f 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@robw3984 Grow up. I'm Hawaiian/Chinese/Irish/English. I don't have a racist bone in my body.

    • @filoue2583
      @filoue2583 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@user-sz5dt9ih7fyou have not been racist, until now, you say that you're not racist by racism, wtf

    • @user-sz5dt9ih7f
      @user-sz5dt9ih7f 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@filoue2583 You need to move out of your mother's basement and find a real job.

    • @MyBuddyMobile
      @MyBuddyMobile 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      ​@@filoue2583​ he never said bc he's of those racists he cannot be racist, he's just stating that he is a product of inter-racial relation... we need a word for ppl like u that try to falsely accuse racism by technicality (its not a sport call). His comment was not racist to me as a black man and Chuck Nice is brilliant to not be a scientist...

  • @notmr.niceguy216
    @notmr.niceguy216 ปีที่แล้ว +1945

    If I had teachers like that growing up I would have definitely paid way more attention, keep it up guys!

    • @StarTalk
      @StarTalk  ปีที่แล้ว +150

      Thanks! Will do!

    • @michael-4k4000
      @michael-4k4000 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      So it's all about you NOT Mr. NICE GUY?

    • @michaeltedder8345
      @michaeltedder8345 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I second that statement

    • @jorgecamachoalvarado
      @jorgecamachoalvarado ปีที่แล้ว

      QChuck is either a phisicist or not. Or any percentage in between.

    • @JoseAndCode
      @JoseAndCode ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yup I bet it was the teachers fault

  • @nigeljohn6676
    @nigeljohn6676 ปีที่แล้ว +249

    The man breaks down complicated subjects into pure simplicity. Wow wow.

    • @covid19alpha2variantturboc7
      @covid19alpha2variantturboc7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tyson is just an açtor paid to recite scripted lines. just as the existence of his IMDB page suggests

    • @alexh1524
      @alexh1524 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's so simple that it is inaccurate and misleading.

    • @TomCruz54321
      @TomCruz54321 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@alexh1524 Like you would know chump.

    • @alexh1524
      @alexh1524 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TomCruz54321 Well ignoring the ad hominem I would say it doesn't properly explain wave function collapse, and wave-particle duality. That's why its over simplistic and misleading.

    • @vincentjohnflorio
      @vincentjohnflorio ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alexh1524 Baby steps

  • @GoogleUser-wf7bn
    @GoogleUser-wf7bn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    Not enough has been said here about how good the chemistry is between Chuck and Neil - these two are so good together.

  • @3ricegr3at
    @3ricegr3at 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    Nice to have a straight to the point explanation. The particles are so small that the light we use to observe them changes their existence.

    • @backwardthoughts1022
      @backwardthoughts1022 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      its a dishonest explanation to the point of being borderline psychotic.
      his answer assumes photons exist with preset characteristics eg. even being particle, let alone further functions. the entire point is they do not as is already incontrovertibly established experimentally by anton zeilinger etc

    • @3ricegr3at
      @3ricegr3at 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@backwardthoughts1022 wow thanks for giving me more to look into.

    • @timapple6586
      @timapple6586 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You totally misunderstood... because NDT totally soaked you with misinformation. As always.

  • @SheyD78
    @SheyD78 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    My brain was not built to handle learning quantum physics, but Neil makes me wish it was, and Chuck could keep me laughing all the while. Great episode.

    • @daveg5857
      @daveg5857 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      No brains were. And it's still a very incomplete description of what's going on.

    • @TomCruz54321
      @TomCruz54321 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@daveg5857 It's actually the best explanation of the "observer" I've heard.

    • @daveg5857
      @daveg5857 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TomCruz54321 Maybe, but I'm left with a whole lot of questions, no fault of Neil. I'm not looking at this phenomenon and saying, "problem solved". Just like quantum entanglement. I get that it is, but I don't know what it implies. All points in space are somehow interconnected? Then I start thinking maybe we're in the Matrix...

    • @efkagamescomputers6886
      @efkagamescomputers6886 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@daveg5857 you mean that Sci-Fi movie that debut 20+ years ago, that Matrix?

    • @triplez5393
      @triplez5393 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Few are chosen, sorry

  • @blackmage999
    @blackmage999 ปีที่แล้ว +429

    Schrödinger's cat is not a quantum system itself but a normal cat that is affected by a quantum system. The original thought experiment places a toxin in the box that is released by the radioactive decay of a particle which is governed by the laws of quantum mechanics. In this setting you cannot know if the particle has decayed enough to release the toxin until you measure the particle (opening the box). This entangles the cat with the particle.

    • @spectreskeptic3493
      @spectreskeptic3493 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      I looked specifically for a comment that made this correction...well done. I think it's an important distinction.

    • @juliocesar4442
      @juliocesar4442 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Yes. This whole video was in fact a bad description about Schrodinger's cat. There is a point where he basically says that the cat being alive and dead is a consequence of our lack of knowledge since we didn't open the box to make the measurement and that is nonsensical. In fact, Schrodinger's cat was elaborated by Erwin to elucidate what was, according to his thoughts, an incomplete description of reality provided by the quantum theory.

    • @irinotecanhcl
      @irinotecanhcl ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Also, as to the "why a dead/alive cat" question, as opposed to say a coin toss, Schrödinger at the time didn't believe that this was possible, so he came up with the most absurd analogy he could to show how ridiculous the idea of quantum superposition is.

    • @Seeds-Of-The-Wayside
      @Seeds-Of-The-Wayside ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's what I thought but I was surprised when they didn't explain that in this video

    • @bluceree7312
      @bluceree7312 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You cannot argue one fact: Schrödinger was a major dork.

  • @orca536
    @orca536 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I love listening to you and learning. You strike me as a very intelligent and not conceited man. I grew up with my stepfather always responding to me "you writing a book" after I asked a question and most of the time never answering the question. Thank you for whom you are.

  • @Mchinnock
    @Mchinnock 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    another episode on anything would be great. its just the perfect mix of you two with all the intellect and humor. absolutely great.

  • @markstone2138
    @markstone2138 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    The ability to convey information while simultaneously entertaining in order to keep the students' attention is the mark of a real teacher. It's unfortunate that it is so rare.

    • @user-vo4lf6pw5h
      @user-vo4lf6pw5h 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed!

    • @CoachRobertMadole
      @CoachRobertMadole 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That would truly make us an advanced civilization

    • @seriallikeer5956
      @seriallikeer5956 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Whilst being racist

  • @jimr9499
    @jimr9499 ปีที่แล้ว +365

    Man...i am so thankful for StarTalk. Whenever I'm feeling down, I know that I always can rely on Chuck to lift my spirits right back up. Dr. Tyson is _always_ fascinating and illuminating. But both Chuck's jokes, and his genuine delight at learning things, never fails to bring a smile to my face. Thank you both for everything you do!!

    • @rodney8078
      @rodney8078 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      So true! Both of these Men are so so extremely interesting in their personal thoughts and free thoughtful liberations on what they think and admonish that it leaves a more hensile train of thought on the modern thesis of discovery! - Of course for only those who want to step a little further than the aforementioned typical way of standing above the goal, or train of thought!! Fascinating!!! Please keep up the enticing work!

    • @ToniSkit
      @ToniSkit ปีที่แล้ว

      Agree

    • @rickevans3959
      @rickevans3959 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You will find that Schodinger didn't really like cats. Think about it.

    • @alexlearningspace5644
      @alexlearningspace5644 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same here ❤

    • @imthebadguy3225
      @imthebadguy3225 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      When a "scientist" thinks there are dozens of genders, NDT is an NPC!

  • @EskoBomb
    @EskoBomb 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    You two make a fantastic duo. Thank you for making these videos together

  • @tudiecampagna5793
    @tudiecampagna5793 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I absolutely love, love, both of these guys!! So informative, and always funny!!!❤

  • @Rhekon
    @Rhekon ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Chuck, that scene literally always made me think of the cat. You're not alone.

  • @AlexandarHullRichter
    @AlexandarHullRichter ปีที่แล้ว +137

    I want to take a moment to appreciate how easily and how deeply Neil laughs. That willingness to be so joyful is a significant part of why I enjoy watching him.

    • @GOLVEL
      @GOLVEL ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok. Take it.

    • @davepeterschmidt5818
      @davepeterschmidt5818 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HopDavid You don't know that. What did he get wrong?

    • @bobbyblank6916
      @bobbyblank6916 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I appreciate how he has the ability to laugh at "jokes" with negative humor value...nothing that dude said was remotely humorous.

    • @Earthad23
      @Earthad23 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s easy to be joyful when you’ve made an entire career pretending to be a genius.

    • @Earthad23
      @Earthad23 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HopDavid agreed, he simply thinks he’s smarter than everyone and he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Disappointing

  • @entropie138
    @entropie138 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I’ve watched and read myriad pieces and videos trying to teach me Schrödinger’s Cat, and this is the very first time I’ve understood! Well done, guys!

  • @jbs1992
    @jbs1992 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Neil is the best. My 7 yr old and I watch all these videos together. He loves to learn and he breaks it down so good for ppl

  • @ZootSuitJZ
    @ZootSuitJZ ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Chuck's reference to the movie SE7EN actually made the explanation much clearer. Well done!

    • @2011e92M3
      @2011e92M3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s funny because I’ve watch countless videos explaining this paradox and although I thought I understood it, I could never explain it. Finally after watching their explanations and examples I finally get it. These guys really have a way of simplifying things for us non scientists.

    • @Music--ng8cd
      @Music--ng8cd ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Pᴀᴡɴ S𝜏ᴀʀ𝕤 ✯🇫​ᴀɴ It was until Morgan opened the box

    • @TheRealSkeletor
      @TheRealSkeletor ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Pᴀᴡɴ S𝜏ᴀʀ𝕤 ✯🇫​ᴀɴ The box could have been empty, or it could have been anything else in the box. They didn't know until they opened it.

    • @Music--ng8cd
      @Music--ng8cd ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Pᴀᴡɴ S𝜏ᴀʀ𝕤 ✯🇫​ᴀɴ We'll never know because they opened the box

    • @Music--ng8cd
      @Music--ng8cd ปีที่แล้ว

      @Pᴀᴡɴ S𝜏ᴀʀ𝕤 ✯🇫​ᴀɴ But if you watch it that will end the superposition

  • @PlagueDoctorscp049
    @PlagueDoctorscp049 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    I love these two, I wish they had this kind of education in school. We never had any of this! Great show guys truly love it

    • @StarTalk
      @StarTalk  ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Glad you enjoy it!

    • @PlagueDoctorscp049
      @PlagueDoctorscp049 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@StarTalk enjoying every single episode! Become a big fan of the show overtime

    • @dreamer8973
      @dreamer8973 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      we can enjoy this kind of education now ;)

    • @Earthad23
      @Earthad23 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There’s was nothing educational in this video.

    • @davefx7949
      @davefx7949 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Learning can't always be fun and games. Sure when dealing with surface level stuff. But there is work involved when going deeper. But that's life...

  • @GallifreyanGunner
    @GallifreyanGunner 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Other comments have added information and context NDT left out of the description of the experiment. Most people forget, however, that the thought experiment was actually Schrödinger's critique of quantum theory and not an explanation of it.

  • @MelissaTimea
    @MelissaTimea หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Everyone always asks what is Schrödinger's Cat, but no one ever asks HOW is Schrödinger's Cat.

  • @Kantus42
    @Kantus42 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    "Photons wanna be a part of this, baby." I grew up loving Neil, but honestly-how could you not love Chuck? Perfect informational science/comedy duo right here!

    • @juanpablozucco9504
      @juanpablozucco9504 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That was hilarius

    • @TfGamess
      @TfGamess 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      They're great

  • @mysticalMELODY
    @mysticalMELODY ปีที่แล้ว +118

    This was one of my favorites for myriad reasons but Chuck struggling to remember Brad Pitt’s name was classic, but his impersonation of Brad saying, what’s in the box was spot on. Thank you both for providing this amazing and fun way of learning.

    • @jonathanmcadams-nx5zp
      @jonathanmcadams-nx5zp 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A myriad of meanings...

    • @teeellecee
      @teeellecee 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Our family quotes "What's in the box!?!" all the time whenever we don't know what's in a box or Amazon package, so Chuck using that example really worked better than a quantum cat for me 😸

  • @alberteinsteinthejew
    @alberteinsteinthejew 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Why did you spoil Seven? Should put alert in the beginning

  • @slipperysteev
    @slipperysteev 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Chuck is HILARIOUS!! I thoroughly enjoy every episode he is in.

  • @PanchoPanteraUSC
    @PanchoPanteraUSC ปีที่แล้ว +75

    “I’m a tangent man myself…”
    Hilarious and educational! Thank you both for making thing accessible and entertaining.
    All love.

    • @VoltisArt
      @VoltisArt 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      These guys are both tangent men, which is a big part of what makes this channel so fun.

  • @plutoplanet825
    @plutoplanet825 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    Neil and Chuck you guys are my favorite teachers....everyday I understand more and more about our existence and experiences

    • @buggjohnson1648
      @buggjohnson1648 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fr. I'm 35 and this is the first time I've heard this and it made any sense at all. Tbf, Oklahoma's education system is absolute garbage. It benefits those in power to keep us dumb.

  • @anjelcastro9756
    @anjelcastro9756 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    The “white people all in one place” had me crying 🤣

  • @LionFo21
    @LionFo21 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    This is by far the easiest and more insightful explanation about the principle of uncertainty, and without the use of any animations at all! Also we could say that chuck and Neil are like quantum entanglement souls maaaan 😂

  • @daniellugo3944
    @daniellugo3944 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    I laughed so hard at Chuck's photon comment 😂 "Photons want to be part of this skin" 😂 I laughed so hard my nose bled.

    • @darrenjones9359
      @darrenjones9359 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would worry, laughing should not cause epistaxis.

    • @iammar1159
      @iammar1159 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@darrenjones9359 Plus, it wasn’t even that funny lol

    • @conradsz
      @conradsz หลายเดือนก่อน

      No you don’t

  • @kikogarcia5136
    @kikogarcia5136 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    I was amazed that my 9 yold came to me telling that he wonders how a straight line is actually not straight if seen through a microscope, or that a table edge is not plane. I showed him your talk right away about the measurements and he loved it. Love watching you, thank you so much!

    • @Paislywalls4767
      @Paislywalls4767 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      You are a very cool parent!

    • @kikogarcia5136
      @kikogarcia5136 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Paislywalls4767 hahaha thank you, I try 😂

    • @Hollyweed1
      @Hollyweed1 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      You got a bright kid. Tell him the way to astrophysics.

    • @stabgan
      @stabgan ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Give him all the resources show him everything from computer science to physics to chemistry to maths. And then let him choose what he wants to pursue. Don't force astrophysics or any subject on him. He's a genius, he will find his own way in life. Just keep him on track

    • @DumKump
      @DumKump ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's a genius in the making!
      BUT don't tell him that. Telling your child they're special sounds like a good idea but from personal experience, it can absolutely ruin their life

  • @SuleymanAkhundov
    @SuleymanAkhundov 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That was the funniest and least confusing explainer of quantum physics concepts. Good job, guys!

  • @Keith80027
    @Keith80027 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I got my master degrees in quantum physics in 1976 and you guys got it right about Schrodinger's wave equations. Thank God for the equations. I remember those calculators. I had to buy a HP35 to past my final in 4th year electrical circuits class. I still have my HP35. Love you guys in making things simpler.

    • @stevenvanhulle7242
      @stevenvanhulle7242 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I had the TI-57 in 1977, which IIRC was the first programmable pocket calculator.
      (I never understood what got in HP for choosing RPN; nobody writes their equations in that order!)

  • @emines01
    @emines01 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Chuck is actually super more intelligent than he gets credit for or put out himself. He is the essential piece to making science digestible to the general public

    • @CHRIS-tg5cn
      @CHRIS-tg5cn 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      At least he doesn't use the phrase "super more intelligent."

    • @oftenlucid
      @oftenlucid 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Is he????

  • @patrickfulford3460
    @patrickfulford3460 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    I love this show, I truly appreciate you all, including the behind the scenes folks.

    • @ricardodealmeida27
      @ricardodealmeida27 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      A behind the scenes video, would be awesome

    • @StarTalk
      @StarTalk  ปีที่แล้ว +30

      We truly appreciate fans like you!

    • @Dannosuke25
      @Dannosuke25 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StarTalk is that you Sam?

    • @chayanbosu3293
      @chayanbosu3293 ปีที่แล้ว

      Still they can not explain what is conciousness ?

    • @gatopardos19
      @gatopardos19 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@StarTalk Speaking of that,could we have a blooper reel?

  • @squarehead6c1
    @squarehead6c1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Schrödinger's cat seems to have become a meme in pop culture, quite detached from its original meaning and purpose. It is very rare that I hear a profound and meaningful explanation of the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment, which is frustrating as it seems meaningful and useful, rather than just a corny depiction of quantum properties.
    As far as I understand, the purpose of the thought experiment is to challenge the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, that is the idea that a quantum state is inherently uncertain until it has been observed, very much different from our everyday experience, and the Cat experiment emphasizes this.
    I think the approach of speaking of the cat as not a real cat but a "quantum cat" distorts the thought experiment. The point, I think, is that it is a very familiar object, that is a real cat, that gets entangled with a quantum event, and hence forces the cat into a superposition state. Although not being a researcher of physics, it seems to me that the cat experiment actually does manage to scale up quantum level phenomena to the macro scale. And it is a very interesting challenge to the Copenhagen interpretation, and discussing responses to the thought experiment should be more or less necessary for the thought experiment to make sense.

    • @shawnredmond8402
      @shawnredmond8402 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Stop being pretentious.

    • @squarehead6c1
      @squarehead6c1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am serious, I am kind of fed up of this thought experiement analogy being misrepresented over and over again instead of actually being allowed to teach us something@@shawnredmond8402

  • @leonmanthey4512
    @leonmanthey4512 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I got Schrödingers credit card, you don´t have no money when you don´t watch your bank account

  • @Eremon1
    @Eremon1 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This is why Cats are obsessed with boxes. They've been trying to figure this super position stuff out since they first heard about it.

  • @officialjerm9122
    @officialjerm9122 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Im in disbelief right now! I saw a video yesterday that mentioned the term "Schrodinger's cat". I thought to myself I've never heard that before, i should look it up. And of course i never did 🙄 lol. Yet here you are today to teach me all about it! You hit the nail on the head today guys! Thanks 🤙

    • @StarTalk
      @StarTalk  ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Glad we're able to answer those burning questions!

    • @JimmyKnax
      @JimmyKnax ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You watch the video about Schrodinger's cat? And then another video about Schrodinger's cat shows up? Coincidence? I think not. Just another victim of tracking cookies I'm afraid. I once did a search for tickets for a rock concert and immediately started getting advertisements for drug rehab.

    • @reallymysterious4520
      @reallymysterious4520 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I take it you didn't watch the comedy show Big Bang Theory where Sheldon explained Schrodingers cat to Penny ?

    • @jnmwtkns
      @jnmwtkns ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh the TH-cam algorithm !

    • @Morpheux1
      @Morpheux1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@JimmyKnax well, this video was uploaded 5 hours ago, didn't exist when she saw the other one, and suddenly came into existence 🤣🤣🤣

  • @thatsinteresting3415
    @thatsinteresting3415 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I never understood Schrodinger's Cat when it was brought up before. But when you explain that you have a cat in a box, but the cat is not a cat; the cat is a quantum particle, the idea of Schrodinger's cat makes much more sense.

  • @ronaldtorbert133
    @ronaldtorbert133 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Such a huge fan, Dr. Tyson!! Physicists like yourself has brought my love for math and science back, in turm changing my career path to pursue my Masters in Science. Thank you for all the knowledge!!

  • @kurtkyre
    @kurtkyre ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Fun fact: Even though it was never shown, there was a special effects prop head of Gwyneth Paltrow in the box. That special effects prop was the same prop made for and used onscreen in the film Contagion.

  • @jeffreybreitbart8578
    @jeffreybreitbart8578 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I can't tell you how much I enjoy every time NDT speaks. I really want to learn more about quantum mechanics.. Of course, I will never be able to understand it as well as he, but these interviews, commentaries, lectures are helping me get through a very dark period and I am not sure why. But please keep doing these. Thank you.

  • @oscarmp80
    @oscarmp80 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How do you measure the particle states, then? If not with light, can you observe or trace their changes via measuring the electro magnetic fields around them or something ?

  • @henrickrw
    @henrickrw ปีที่แล้ว +15

    As a Mechanical Engineer with 25 years experience I can attest you're totally correct in saying that a black surface absorbs photons and electromagnetic waves without irradiating back out. Excellent heat transfer topic.... Following up on the Stefan-Boltzmann LAW.
    KEEP THIS CONTENT FLOWING...

    • @robertlee4809
      @robertlee4809 ปีที่แล้ว

      Black also radiates heat more quickly than white...

    • @albirtarsha5370
      @albirtarsha5370 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@robertlee4809How does that work?

  • @jaycee7774
    @jaycee7774 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I love the level of humor involved in these talks! Thank you for reducing the seriousness involved with the facts and truths revealed! I wish there were teachers like you guys in school growing up. Please keep the format the same!

  • @valeriebolejack5957
    @valeriebolejack5957 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I would love more on quantum show. Im sad, im 63 and i can't become a quantum physics major.. but still am fascinated. I was just born too late. But i still enjoy learning.

  • @user-po5le7fz6n
    @user-po5le7fz6n 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great episode.
    You guys are perfect together.
    Thank you.

  • @raycruel1
    @raycruel1 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I love how the chemistry you guys have makes the subject of Quantum mechanics so much more palatable and fun!!!

    • @johannesnoneoftheabove9957
      @johannesnoneoftheabove9957 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      On the subject of Quantum mechanics; does this mean to imply that a Volkswagen Quantum can exist as a fully operational unit or operate at some percentage of ability, or even not run at all. This sounds like a job for a Quantum mechanic.

    • @johannesnoneoftheabove9957
      @johannesnoneoftheabove9957 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As regards tunneling, that would explain why things go missing unexpectedly and reappear unexpectedly. Super-positioning would explain why things are some-wheres else. (Take an opening where you find it. Aut non. Thank you.)

  • @likebutton11
    @likebutton11 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    This was a delightful quantum psychic lesson

    • @samapade5645
      @samapade5645 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I would say, more like a PSYCHOTIC on!😷🤤🙂😅🤣😷😉🙃🥺😊😂👍
      😎

    • @apapz3245
      @apapz3245 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don’t believe it, the cat is dying regardless it anyone is watching, use your brain

  • @user-wf7pe3zb8q
    @user-wf7pe3zb8q 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    "What is Schrödinger's Cat?" The cat that belongs to Schrödinger.....easy...

  • @alanstancliff3966
    @alanstancliff3966 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Of course, I love Neil deGrass Tyson, but I also love Chuck Nice. At the end of the explainer videos, Chuck Nice should also get credit, as in: "This has been another explainer, with Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice." He may not be a scientist, but his interactions with Dr. Tyson do much to make the points of the videos understandable and easier to remember.

  • @DurbanFlyboi
    @DurbanFlyboi ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I've been listening to this show ( and looking up! ) for 10 years now. Neil - you are singularly responsible for expediting my curiosity and love of the cosmos. I consider you my generation's Carl Sagan. Chuck - you are the perfect wingman for Neil, and bring so much to the show, kudos brother. Thank you to all involved in StarTalk

  • @nr126
    @nr126 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This guy needs to follow you everywhere.

  • @renanpiva
    @renanpiva 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It's intriguing what he says at 1:40 about the scientific illiterate who thinks consciousness affects what is observed, as if he wasn't the one who made us think that way when he starred in the Cosmos documentary

    • @sun_n_moon
      @sun_n_moon 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Good catch. Contradiction and hubris don't apply to him. So he says. There are all kinds of cult leaders.

  • @sonofkami
    @sonofkami ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Neil was just born to teach. I wish my science teachers would have taught like he does my life would have takin a different path if they did

  • @OtayBuckwheat
    @OtayBuckwheat ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "Go have another bowl and get back to me" Neil deGrasse Tyson.
    A quote that gave me inner peace

  • @CharlesCharles-bb6qx
    @CharlesCharles-bb6qx 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of the best videos on this topic, and entertaining as well.

  • @mystery2156
    @mystery2156 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    im confused at 15:04 u said faster than the speed of light but as far as i know its not possible to go faster than the speed of light so did u actually mean it or did u just mean to say at a really fast speed?

  • @jeffreyhunter4115
    @jeffreyhunter4115 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Without question, this is my favorite of you two! Making science look easy AND a new movie to add to my playlist. Seriously though, thank you for sharing.

  • @BIGREDDOG09
    @BIGREDDOG09 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    You guys always have a way of making me think of things from a totally different angle than I have before! Thanks guys!

  • @user-it8vd2wk1c
    @user-it8vd2wk1c 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'm an avid consumer of all Neil deGrasse Tyson videos, but in this one I loved not only the way he teaches us but also the fact that there is a Lego space shuttle in the back! He is a genius, but also have the nerd little kid inside that some of us still have.

  • @iandwyer6658
    @iandwyer6658 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I believe we were taught this concept using the double-slit test where observation causes decoherence of the quantum state for binary encoding. The quantum tech course at my school used optics and wave-phasing to manipulate the state before the observer causes decoherence. Im hoping I get a chance to build a FDTD numerical approximation for Schrodingers wave equations to get simulation of the embedded states. Super cool stuff with wave theory perspective that electircal engineers get, but also cool to get more of a quantum persepctive

  • @123sokker123
    @123sokker123 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Chuck is the only podcast host that genuinely has me laughing out loud along with him

  • @PlasmaCoolantLeak
    @PlasmaCoolantLeak ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I had a classmate in my physics class get upset over the cat. She was convinced a real cat was involved.

  • @roblena7977
    @roblena7977 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really love watching Chuck grow in this. Kind of curious to how he would do now with an aptitude test vs when he first started.

  • @darianthompson5975
    @darianthompson5975 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Such a good team 👏 👍🏾 I love it when they just let chuck be himself and "learning"

  • @nofarDcohen
    @nofarDcohen ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Yessss this is such a trippy concept, I'm so happy you did an explainer video on it! Love this! I can listen to Neil explain stuff like this forever 🤣🤩
    Thank you🙏🏼🙏🏼

    • @StarTalk
      @StarTalk  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Glad you liked it!!

  • @coralie9469
    @coralie9469 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    These guys are the "Bomb", I so relate and appreciate their humor in these discussions. It's fun and somewhat easy to learn, as they say it's never too late to learn something new!! So enjoy this, keep up the great work!! Thanks so much!! Love you guys!!

  • @woodstoney
    @woodstoney 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Chuck definitely got his 15 minutes of fame in this video!! He nailed it! ;) Word was that Schrödinger took his sick cat to the Vet. After examination, the Vet to him, "I've got some good news and some bad news..."

  • @MissJiggy2U
    @MissJiggy2U 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You two are so crazy 😂😂😂 oh, and funny too😊
    Love that you two can take this craziness called quantum field and make it funny instead of frightening which it can truly be

  • @JohnnyLeuthard
    @JohnnyLeuthard ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love these talks. I find all kinds of science fascinating. How things work, what makes them tick, all of it. I live how you break it up into a simpler way to think about it. The problem is I often listen to them on my personal laptop while I'm working on my work laptop and I focus too much on the video and now what i'm doing at work and I have to keep starting over with what i am doing. LOL

  • @muzzammilpervaiz5296
    @muzzammilpervaiz5296 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Truly, Neil Tyson is like a diamond of modern physics.

    • @ericthomas4068
      @ericthomas4068 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Neil...diamond...I see what you did there.

    • @woodrowboudreaux9951
      @woodrowboudreaux9951 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m sorry you hold this bloviating fool in such high regard.

    • @questioneverything609
      @questioneverything609 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exactly he only talks about physics NOT QUANTUM PHYSICS…

  • @wraystewart6528
    @wraystewart6528 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    you guys are the best! which I had some of this when I was in school. Would have made it more interesting!!!

  • @IndependentKnight
    @IndependentKnight 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Somebody wrote that in the wikipedia but it is not what "the cat" is about- the Psychological principal was to illustrate the state of mind that "some cat is in a box, we don't know whether it's alive or dead, we'll find out when we open it" because it encompasses the state where someone like a CEO is in charge of a company but can only delegate responsibilities hoping for the best they end up getting high blood pressure and if you just acknowledge that you have no control over what's going on in the box the CEO can relax...

  • @Jay-cj7xu
    @Jay-cj7xu ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Chuck's imitation of Brad pit asking what's in the box was deaf on! Well done Sir!

  • @TheOpinionatedYouTuber
    @TheOpinionatedYouTuber ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am a sign language interpreter, and I LOVE learning about STEM topics from you, NDT! You help me understand the topics at a much more comprehensible level, which translates into improving my ability to interpret between complex scientific topics in English and American Sign Language (ASL).

  • @antialluvion5118
    @antialluvion5118 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The detail about the measurement effect provides significant clarification. Layperson information about things like the double slit experiment mislead by not being nuanced enough to clarify a passive observation outcome versus a measurement-based outcome where the measurement occurs by introducing new energy to the system.
    I'm guessing that with the double slit experiment, if a passive observation, The particles will remain as a wave as you look at the screen because you're not interacting with the particles other than passively seeing their reflection off of the screen.
    I have always been confused by demonstrations of this because they use the terminology that makes it appear that the act of just seeing it changes it. But the detail of passive viewing versus introducing energy to view is a very significant detail
    Is it possible to do these experiments where the "cat" is something giving off energy so that you don't have to introduce energy to get a measurement?

  • @timothyrichburg7331
    @timothyrichburg7331 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love their interaction. This is fun. I'm subscribed now. Keep them coming.

  • @dutchray8880
    @dutchray8880 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I remember when the first Bowmar calculator came out in the early to mid 1970s. It had only the 4 basic functions and cost $180, the monthly rent for my 3-bedroom apartment (split 3 ways). I was taking physics at the time, and I was jealous of those who could afford a calculator because I had to use a lousy slide rule. Today, I have a basic calculator sitting in front of me that cost less than $5, and it does square roots.

    • @jenniferpatterson4964
      @jenniferpatterson4964 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Cheers to the endless march of time and the progression of technology. Cin cin!

    • @mcdonaldization
      @mcdonaldization ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jenniferpatterson4964 no there’s a reason civilians thousands of years old kept away from technology

    • @jenniferpatterson4964
      @jenniferpatterson4964 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mcdonaldization Um, what? What are you even talking about?

    • @cymanca
      @cymanca ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ah yes, the Bowmar Brain

    • @johnpetrakis379
      @johnpetrakis379 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Was it a 15" Pickett or a 12 incher, or even a "cheeper" one like I had, plastic, and not aluminum. Computer geeks at Purdue extension learning Cobol and Fortran withe their 15" yellow Pickets dangling from their belts like Excalibur in leather scabbards Sneered at them, and they ended up running things

  • @iansargent196
    @iansargent196 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I think the funniest part of the show is just how tickled Neil is at ALL of Chuck's jokes.

    • @alexro2482
      @alexro2482 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Chuck a little too 🌽. Love NDT

  • @RixMusings
    @RixMusings 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Chuck Nice is completely in the way! I would like to learn! Don't need comedy or tangents!!!!

  • @user-yo1pk4ky4k
    @user-yo1pk4ky4k หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have been waiting a long time to find an explanation of Schrodinger's Cat ... and I am still waiting!

  • @joshodonnell2270
    @joshodonnell2270 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    casually spoiling one of the best endings of a movie ever 😂

  • @arethosemyfeet7144
    @arethosemyfeet7144 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Loving the content fellas. There is something extra special about the dynamic you guys have going on

    • @StarTalk
      @StarTalk  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Call it chemistry! 🧪

    • @arethosemyfeet7144
      @arethosemyfeet7144 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@StarTalk I thought you had more of a ‘physic’al attraction going on

  • @tboythomas
    @tboythomas ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Out of all the StarTalk I have watched, Chuck’s energy with Neil easily tops all of the people that I’ve seen on StarTalk with Neil.

  • @leahmarieezra877
    @leahmarieezra877 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    PS - If you have not explained why atoms spin in opposite directions, even when separated by a wall, please do. Great videos. Thanks!

  • @lelouchlamperouge8560
    @lelouchlamperouge8560 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Some comments here are helpful and informative. I learned that Schrodinger use the illustration to point out the absurdity of quantum mechanics, however it might actually help in creating a new and fast computing system.✌️

  • @holygroove2
    @holygroove2 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

    Sometimes Chuck hits his stride and is more than just silly. This episode was excellent because Chuck was on fire and Tyson was his usual self. Very helpful, very informative! Thanks for this!

  • @nickmag6142
    @nickmag6142 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Man you’ve hit the jackpot on this guy Niel, I don’t know if he’s been your good friend for decades or not but he provides such a good comedic effect and works so well with you

  • @jerryclasby9628
    @jerryclasby9628 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Chuck is phenomenal
    .he interacts beautifully
    You'd think he was actually a physicist

  • @valentinbusuioc4054
    @valentinbusuioc4054 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Hilarious! I've never seen a more enjoyable explanation of quantum physics. Excellent, gentlemen!

  • @sarnol8973
    @sarnol8973 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Chuck trying to explain “what’s in the box” to NDT is my favorite thing so far this week

  • @PaulSinnema
    @PaulSinnema หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wish I had seen this explainer earlier. Now finally I understand a lot more about quantum science. Thank you Neil.

  • @richardfife8192
    @richardfife8192 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Addicted to you on amazon. Thank you!

  • @yesindeed3751
    @yesindeed3751 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    You guys are an awesome duo. Very fun to watch and learn about complicated topics.

    • @StarTalk
      @StarTalk  ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed!

  • @scottsutherlin3444
    @scottsutherlin3444 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Neil has always been a favorite of mine. Now that I get to see Chuck, who I had not seen much of, but now he is my favorite comedian now. Neil and Chuck are the best match with comedian and top scientific mind astro style. I love these guys and they brighten my day when I need it