The number of degrees of freedom of the cat is enormous. Is it possible that the cat is to be described by a wave function, which is a superposition of a live and a dead cat?
Wave mechanics
Letter to Albert Einstein, discussing his thought experiment
1935
Found in 1 providers: grok
Cross Reference
1 source
"The important thing is not to stop questioning."
Controversial"The only possible way of avoiding paradoxes is to admit that the 'observer' is not something that stands outside the world, but is part of it."
Shocking"The problem of the 'thing in itself' is not a problem that can be solved by science. It is a philosophical problem."
Shocking"The total number of minds in the universe is one."
Shocking"The world is built on a plan, a pattern, a structure that is mathematically beautiful."
Strange & Unusual