Ask WYE – Issue 54 – Schrodinger’s Retirement

In quantum mechanics, one must calculate the possibility of a subatomic event that may or may not occur at any time. To explain this theory, Austrian-Irish Physicist Erwin Schrodinger created the widely referenced, yet rarely understood, example of “Schrodinger’s Cat.”

Schrodinger posited that if you put a cat in a box there are infinite subatomic events that could lead to the cat’s death while in the box so when you go to open the box there is no way of calculating if the cat is alive or dead. Therefore, the cat is both alive AND dead until one is proven by opening the box.

Why are we diving so deep into theoretical physics on a first responder podcast?

Because one of our hosts is experiencing what the other host refers to as Schrodinger’s Retirement.

When asked if Jason is, in fact, retired from law enforcement the answer is confusing and has so many different moving parts that Justin has officially decided he is both Retired and not retired until we can open the box.

Find out what’s so confusing about retiring from law enforcment with an injury on this week’s Ask WYE.