Erwin Schrödinger’s famous thought experiment involved a cat.
What did he intend to prove?

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That quantum mechanics is absurd when applied to macroscopic objects. — He meant it as reductio ad absurdum. Pop culture took it as a real puzzle. Cats are simultaneously alive and dead until observed — a joke that became famous.

Erwin Schrödinger’s famous thought experiment involved a cat. What did he intend to prove?