In a world where particles can exist in multiple states until observed, what is the state of a cat that is both alive and dead?
Category: Brain Teasers · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Think about famous thought experiments in physics.
Answer
Schrödinger's cat
Explanation
Schrödinger's cat is a thought experiment illustrating quantum superposition.
This is a expert brain teasers riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is Schrödinger's cat.
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