Another Look at Schrodinger’s Cat

In my novel, “Waiting to Run,” (http://goo.gl/6nm97N)  the protagonist accumulates quantum powers based on the theory that if an object in the ordinary world was infused with quantum states, many of the behaviors exhibited by sub-atomic particles could be passed along to a person who was handling it. This theory is further enhanced in the novel by presenting reality as manifested by the Holographic Universe theory.  

Of course the novel is a work of paranormal, science fiction intended to be thought provoking but most of all enjoyed. However, the big question that the novel avoids is what separates the Newtonian, gravity-dominated world from the bazaar, subatomic reality where particles can have zero mass, go in and out of existence, be in two places at the same time, and exist in multiple, different states at once. Is Schrodinger’s cat dead or alive? The answer to this in the quantum universe is “probably.” Is there some kind of barrier that keeps these two, vastly different parts of our universe separate? It turns out that there probably is.

This barrier is called gravitational time dilation. The theory is based on Einstein’s theory of gravity as the manifestation of space/time. In this theory, the flow of time is altered by mass. Massive objects cause the flow of time to slow down. The way this works is that as quantum-infused particles fuse together to form larger structures their quantum states are slowed down and eventually blocked by the dilation and begin to behave according to Newton’s orderly laws. This is where the barrier between the infinitely small and infinitely large occurs.

So, Schrodinger’s cat would be either dead or alive, but not both because its mass is large enough to block the dilation. That’s either good news or bad news for Schrodinger and his cat, but not both.