--- title: Software and Schrödinger's cat - with John Willis and... description: A casual conversation between John Willis and Josh Long explaining Schrödinger's cat thought experiment, covering quantum superposition and the idea that a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/software-and-schr-dinger-s-cat---with-john-willis-and-josh-long-coffeesoftware-i5img3ukz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Software and Schrödinger's cat - with John Willis and Josh Long #coffeesoftware | daily.dev og:description: A casual conversation between John Willis and Josh Long explaining Schrödinger's cat thought experiment, covering quantum superposition and the idea that a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/software-and-schr-dinger-s-cat---with-john-willis-and-josh-long-coffeesoftware-i5img3ukz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/i5IMG3UkZ.png og:image:alt: Software and Schrödinger's cat - with John Willis and Josh Long #coffeesoftware og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Software and Schrödinger's cat - with John Willis and Josh Long #coffeesoftware **[Coffee \+ Software](https://daily.dev/sources/coffee-software)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A casual conversation between John Willis and Josh Long explaining Schrödinger's cat thought experiment, covering quantum superposition and the idea that a particle (or cat) exists in multiple states simultaneously until observed. 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