Left: Illustration of Schrodinger s cat by Jie Qi, Schrodinger s Cat,
2007, from Flickr; Right: KELO.com News news director from his home office during quarantine for COVID-19, portraying Schrodinger s cat if it were a broadcast journalist, 1/31/21.
ESSAY: Quarantined and working from home during the pandemic is like Schrödingerâs cat By Todd Epp
Jan 31, 2021 10:50 PM
HARRISBURG, S.D. (KELO.com) Let me start with an obtuse physics reference concerning my coronavirus/non-coronavirus quarantine.
For you non-physicists, an explanation from all-knowing Wikipedia:
In the thought experiment, a hypothetical cat may be considered simultaneously both alive and dead as a result of being linked to a random subatomic event that may or may not occur.