So, I get that Schrodinger came up with a thought experiment to disprove the common interpretation of quantum mechanics. Some have claimed that it wasn't so much an experiment, as an illustration. Nonetheless, we all know the gist of Schrodinger's cat. But, it isn't that the cat is both dead and alive (everyone typically agrees that it's a ridiculous position lol), it's the possibility of the cat being dead or alive until one observes its actual state, that Schrodinger was trying to illustrate. What do you think? And why can't the cat be the observer? ?
In a way, I disagree because if the cat is dead, it's dead whether or not I observe it, right? But, is Schrodinger basically saying that we should always caution towards believing that both states are possible...the cat could be dead, but he could be alive...and until we as the observers see it for ourselves, it's not a sure thing?
In a way, I disagree because if the cat is dead, it's dead whether or not I observe it, right? But, is Schrodinger basically saying that we should always caution towards believing that both states are possible...the cat could be dead, but he could be alive...and until we as the observers see it for ourselves, it's not a sure thing?

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