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Meanwhile, another reckoning — driven by real-world scale, not thought experiments — was already underway.
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John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
Amazon's approach involves using what are called cat qubits, named after the famous Schrödinger's cat thought experiment in which a cat in a box that's not visible from outside can be considered dead and alive simultaneously.
—New Atlas, 28 Feb. 2025
Without empirical evidence, or perhaps even the possibility of it, quantum gravity researchers seem to give more weight than usual to principles, thought experiments, even qualities like simplicity and elegance.
—Amanda Gefter, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Recall the Schrödinger’s cat thought experiment, in which a cat exists in a superposition of states, both dead and alive.
—Hartmut Neven, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2024
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John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
Amazon's approach involves using what are called cat qubits, named after the famous Schrödinger's cat thought experiment in which a cat in a box that's not visible from outside can be considered dead and alive simultaneously.
—New Atlas, 28 Feb. 2025
Without empirical evidence, or perhaps even the possibility of it, quantum gravity researchers seem to give more weight than usual to principles, thought experiments, even qualities like simplicity and elegance.
—Amanda Gefter, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Recall the Schrödinger’s cat thought experiment, in which a cat exists in a superposition of states, both dead and alive.
—Hartmut Neven, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Thought experiment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thought%20experiment. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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