# A New Revelation about Schroedinger's Cat **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-revelation-about-schroedingers-cat/989158 "2023-08-26T22:09:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-revelation-about-schroedingers-cat/989158/1 "2023-08-26T22:09:43Z")
It’s not true that all revelations come from the three B’s – the Bed, the Bus, and the Bath. I had this sudden flash of insight while walking my cat. It’s not a question of whether Schroedinger’s Cat is Alive or Dead. It’s question of whether it wants to be Inside or Outside. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-revelation-about-schroedingers-cat/989158/2 "2023-08-26T22:23:59Z")
I’ll just say it. My cats would rather be inside the box. Bear, the genius Siamese could care less about Schroedinger and his cat. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-revelation-about-schroedingers-cat/989158/3 "2023-08-26T23:03:19Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > It’s question of whether it wants to be Inside or Outside. That;s Inside or Outside the House. I should’ve been more clear. Anyone who has cats know that cats can’t resist being inside a box. Not even big cats like tigers > [@](#): > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyjkWYM190E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyjkWYM190E) > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J11uu8L8FTY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J11uu8L8FTY) ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-revelation-about-schroedingers-cat/989158/4 "2023-08-26T23:17:00Z")
Inside is safer; outside is funner. Cats want both, simultaneously. My 5 cats are close to achieving that state via their sneaky feline quantum entanglement experiments, especially Ollie. She’s neither here, nor there, but everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-revelation-about-schroedingers-cat/989158/5 "2023-08-26T23:24:13Z")
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-revelation-about-schroedingers-cat/989158/6 "2023-08-27T01:22:37Z")
Schrodinger’s experiment has nothing to do with cats. It is a thought experiment. The subject could be a dog, a rat, a pigeon, or a Straight Dope poster. That aside, stepdaughter 2.0’s cat managed to blunder outside, and didn’t want to get off the steps, “because the ground is dirty”. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-revelation-about-schroedingers-cat/989158/7 "2023-08-27T01:30:13Z")
I thought the three B’s were Bed, Bath, and Beyonce. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-revelation-about-schroedingers-cat/989158/8 "2023-08-27T01:34:43Z")
I’d truly be concerned if Bear had access to a vial of poison tho’ ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-revelation-about-schroedingers-cat/989158/9 "2023-08-27T02:04:53Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > > [@CalMeacham](#): > > > > It’s question of whether it wants to be Inside or Outside. > > That;s Inside or Outside the House. I should’ve been more clear. When it ocmes to cats there’s seldom an actual Uncertainty. If they’re in they want out. If they’re out they want in. If there’s food, they just want. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-revelation-about-schroedingers-cat/989158/10 "2023-08-27T03:46:07Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > When it ocmes to cats there’s seldom an actual Uncertainty. > > If they’re in they want out. If they’re out they want in. Nah. Sometimes they want to sit in the doorway. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-revelation-about-schroedingers-cat/989158/11 "2023-08-27T05:42:52Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > Cats want both, simultaneously This is true. Hence “miaow” from the back door; open door. Cat comes in, licks fur, swaggers to the front door, miaows to be let out, all within the timeframe of 0:30. Schrödinger’s cat is obviously simultaneously inside and outside of the house and miaowing to be elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-revelation-about-schroedingers-cat/989158/12 "2023-08-27T18:51:31Z")
Cats prefer the liminal space.