Today’s New York Times has a new article about quantum mechanics, and the infamous Schrodinger’s Cat, and how the cat is both dead and alive at the same time and all that…
The author does a good job of explaining an obtuse topic & concludes by saying that at a quantum level, the available evidence suggests that the universe is truly random, and therefore basically unpredictable. (Einstein must be spinning).
Despite the author’s manifold skills, I still don’t understand any of that stuff … I’m convinced that there are some hidden variables out there somewhere.
The piece has some nice cat pix tho … 
… and I’m assuming that no cats were harmed in the publishing of this article.
Quantum Trickery: Testing Einstein’s Strangest Theory – NYT, December 27, 2005
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Einstein refused to believe that the universe was random. Instead he implied that our current model only depicts it as random. That is why he was quoted saying ‘God does not play dice.’<br />
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The statement ‘available evidence’ also implies that the statement is based off of the depiction of the current model, and not necessarily the universe itself.
Einstein refused to believe that the universe was random. Instead he implied that our current model only depicts it as random. That is why he was quoted saying ‘God does not play dice.’<br />
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The statement ‘available evidence’ also implies that the statement is based off of the depiction of the current model, and not necessarily the universe itself.
yes, but if they are HIDDEN variables, how do we know when we’ve discovered them?
I think I understand the concept of Shrodinger’s Cat. Most of the time my cat acts like he’s both dead and alive at the same time.