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Getting more complicated for sure. I think I see your points is this correct? - Many worlds assumes the cat is in a state of superposition in the box. We decohere the state and the cat becomes either dead or alive - say alive. In some other world the cat is dead ... on and on it goes for...

I think I understand your point. Rephrasing from a different perspective - the cat is, after all, no different that the scientist, as an observer. There is no distinction between their positions inside versus outside a box (cement, cardboard, or equally, the scientist closing his or her eyes ...

One point of clarification for comment. If the cat could actually be down-converted to a collection of entangled atoms and molecules. I would no longer be a cat. None of the complex (classically based) functions of the body would be possible. We would just have some very complex new experiment...

Thanks Crazymechanic. Here is my take on the difference between "not knowing" in quantum and then classical terms (for two possible outcomes). In quantum terms, "not knowing" means the outcomes are paradoxically simultaneous (before collapse occurs which destroys the quantum structure). In...

To interpret the Schrodinger's cat issue one first needs a basic primer in the orthodox postulates (the basics) of quantum mechanics. There is a very good presentation, for a general audience, at http://pirsa.org/displayFlash.php?id=12070006 This is one of the educational videos produced at the...