Question
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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Summary
| 2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers) | 10/14/2023 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 17% | 33% |
Data
| Fordham | Columbia A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Lehigh | NYU A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| University of Delaware A | NYU C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| NYU B | Rowan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Swarthmore A | Penn | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Columbia B | Swarthmore B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |