3 Thought Experiments to Boggle the Mind

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[Narmatonia]

The whole point of Scrodinger's Cat is that it doesn't make sense, it isn't supposed to, because Schrodinger meant it to point out that the Copenhagen interpretation doesn't make sense. I bet he'd be rolling in his grave if he knew pretty much every modern discussion of it makes it seem like it is in favour of the Copenhagen interpretation.

[mwatson]

Simon learning something he finds interesting is the kind of joy we all need.

[keithdavis]

Schrodinger never had a cat.If he did he would know that tapping its food bowl would instantly show if it was alive.

[daywren]

A lot of mathematical “paradoxes” are confusing on a literary basis not a mathematical one and that is because they’re written by mathematicians not writers. They usually have some literary issue that favors one answer.

[The_Nonchalant_Shallot]

9:20 Equally flawless, huh? Nobody predicted that I would only take Box A!
AHAHAHA! >:D

[clwho]

There is a huge problem with Schrodinger's Cat is an observer, as is the geiger counter. They both would break the superposition. The observer effect is a misnomer, it is not about a conscious person observing but interaction. The subatomic scale can not be passively observed, that level requires active observation, that means interacting which can alter the outcome.

[hackerchn]

Quantum physics breaks down at the macroscopic level. I would have zero desire to be the person to test Schrodinger's cat - it won't work, its an absurd idea.

[supernoodles]

Quoting that great thinker of the 'my brain hurts!' 😂

[Kumimono]

The cat is both alive, dead, and pissed.

[ignitionfrn]

0:35 - Chapter 1 - The quantum suicide
3:30 - Mid roll ads
4:35 - Back to the video
6:05 - Chapter 2 - Newcomb's paradox
11:05 - Chapter 3 - Sleeping beauty problem
PS: 1:40 - Simon's cloning facility DECODED !!!

[DeadRepublic]

The obvious answer to Newcomb's paradox is to only take box A. This neatly sidesteps the entire paradox and proves that free will is of more value than a million dollars.

[anthonyhastings]

On the Sleeping Beauty question, she would probably ask who changed her into a Cinderella costume while she was asleep.

[simongodfrey]

The quantum suicide paradox reminds me of the Simpsons episode where homer receives fliers about which football team will win, and to bet on, winning time after time. Lisa figures out that a bunch of these are sent to people with both teams winning on half, eventually and given enough initial fliers being sent out, you end up with a pool of people that only received winning fliers.

[Fabala]

9:08 it’s my absolute favorite when Real Simon leaks onto his non-comment channels 😂😂

[bahamutbbob]

A boat's a boat, but the mystery box could be anything! It could even be a boat! You know how much we've wanted one of those!

[pioneercynthia]

Schrödinger's Sleeping Beauty is dressed like Cinderella, but only if a given individual chooses Box B. If said individual looks inside the Box, not only will Sleeping Beauty not be dressed like Cinderella, but rather like the Little Mermaid. Perhaps dead, or perhaps flipping a Fair coin.

[adammiller]

The cat can't remember being dead because it wasn't. The whole Schodingers cat thing is nothing but an overplayed analogy for quantum behavior. The cat in the box is NOT both dead and alive, it is in fact one of those and not the other. If the 'observer' doesn't know which, it doesn't mean that it is both. Everyone else in the room went and looked and they know what state the cat is in, while the 'observer' is still over in the corner muttering about superposition.

[vexvoltage]

This episode made me feel like I'm on drugs.

[VormirBlas]

The most Brain Blaze-esque non-cold read episode ever.

[krazee_aznnn]

I had the exact same thoughts about how you phrase the question related to the Sleeping Beauty problem when I first heard about it.
Basically boils it down to: Do you want to be "ideally correct" or more "practically correct" on a daily basis? Like instead of guessing the probability, if Sleeping Beauty were to try and guess the actual coin flip (as you exemplified with the colored balls at the end there).