S7:E12 – “Off the Wall”

ORIGINAL AIRDATE: December 30th, 1991 — A potentially illicit urban renewal development threatens the home of an acquaintance of MacGyver’s. MISSION: MacGyver is out to uncover the illegal eviction of a series of tenants from a building being sold for a massive urban renewal development. This week’s highlights include: Dont ask me to explain how this works, but it seems to. Schrödinger’s cat (Theoretical physics) Schrödinger’s cat is a thought experiment, sometimes described as a paradox, devised by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935. It illustrates what he saw as the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics applied to everyday objects. The scenario presents a cat that may be simultaneously both alive and dead, a state known as a quantum superposition, as a result of being linked to a random subatomic event that may or may not occur. The thought experiment is also often featured in theoretical discussions of the interpretations of quantum mechanics. Schrödinger coined the term Verschränkung (entanglement) in the course of developing the thought experiment. Check out the article on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat. Watch S7E12: “Off the Wall” on CBS’s website or check the alternative streamability of this episode here.