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Episode 57: Quantum Immortality / Quantum Torment

The Theory of Anything

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The Scrumdr's Cat Experiment

Using quantum mechanics, you could imagine an experiment that's something like this. You have a gun and the gun is connected to a quantum device. The quantum device has the decay of a particle. And if you get into the box, and the guns aimed at your head now we're assuming the guns high enough power that you die instantly, then what you perceive is click click click clicking click click click clickClick Click Bang! So would be not going off a bang is going off so would go click click bang, click bang, bang bang, click, click,click, bang,. That's what you would see if you're outside the box. Okay. Now if you were to try this

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