DEFINITELY female cat

> From: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
> Reply-To: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 14:08:31 -0800
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Schr�dinger's Feline
> 
> Nope. we don't know the exact state the cat is in, but will lock it into
> one state or another when we look at it. So the cat is NEITHER dead or
> alive, but just is.
> 
> ---OR---
> 
> a wavefunction will collapse to one value if it is observed, because the
> nature of observing it will effect it. There is no way of observing
> somethign without effecting it. Sorry, game over.
> 
> -Matthew
> 
> Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
> Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
> University of Idaho
> www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Gnarlodious wrote:
> 
>> Actually I believe the cat in question is BOTH dead AND alive during the
>> experiment (only a feline would be up to this kind of science).
>> 
>