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The thought experiment that says you can’t die (from your own perspective)

Mark Frauenfelder
Jun 15, 2026
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Le Suicidé by Édouard Manet, circa 1877 / Public domain (via Wikipedia)

Quantum suicide is a thought experiment that takes Schrödinger’s cat and puts you inside the box. The setup: a device kills you based on a quantum measurement with a 50/50 chance. Under the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, every possible outcome actually happens — so …

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