A thought experiment named for this physicist is extended by Wigner’s friend. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Austrian physicist, who names a thought experiment involving a cat that is both alive and dead until the box is opened.
ANSWER: Erwin Schrödinger [or Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger]
[10m] This non-deterministic interpretation of quantum mechanics posits that the cat is in a superposition of “alive”and “dead” states until the box is opened. This interpretation was advanced by Niels Bohr.
ANSWER: Copenhagen interpretation
[10h] This other interpretation of quantum mechanics advanced by Hugh Everett states that every possible outcome is realized when opening the box.
ANSWER: many-worlds interpretation [or MWI; accept relative state formulation]
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