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Gedanken experiment
[ guh-dahng-kuhn ]
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Gedanken experiment1
< German, plural of Gedanke thought
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The cover is a representation of Schrodinger’s cat, which in a gedanken experiment quantum mechanics suggests is in a superposition of being alive and dead until it is observed.
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In physics, the term `gedanken experiment' is used to refer to an experiment that is impractical to carry out, but useful to consider because you can reason about it theoretically.
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