I'm Still Alive, Schrödinger

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I'm Still Alive, Schrödinger

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Imagine being simultaneously dead and alive for decades only to finally collapse into a definite state of "totally alive and judging you." That's what we've got here - Schrödinger's cat returning from quantum limbo with an attitude.

The famous thought experiment never accounted for the cat's revenge tour. "Long time no see" is peak passive-aggressive energy from a feline that's been stuck in quantum superposition while Schrödinger was getting famous off its existential crisis.

The physicist's shocked face is priceless. Turns out writing equations about hypothetical cats is one thing, but facing a sassy quantum survivor is quite another. That "Oh yeah" energy screams "I've got eight more lives and a grudge, buddy."

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