[Billthedrill]

Dunno, but I'm stealing the GIF:

Schrodinger hated the thing, actually. And I've always wondered - if it takes observation to collapse the wave function, wouldn't the cat suffice?

[C19fan]

if it takes observation to collapse the wave function, wouldn't the cat suffice?

I think that is the standard answer to the paradox. The cat itself is an observer.

[Talisker]

I've always wondered - if it takes observation to collapse the wave function, wouldn't the cat suffice?

Depends on what the definition of "observe," is.

If Schrödinger's cat is observed by a non sentient lifeform in a forest, does it's wave function collapse?

[Boogieman]

“if it takes observation to collapse the wave function, wouldn’t the cat suffice?”

Well, maybe, maybe not. The wavefunction might collapse as far as the cat is concerned, but since the cat cannot communicate the information of what it observed to us, then the wavefunction shouldn’t collapse from our perspective. I think...

Then again, I don’t really buy the whole “observation collapses the wavefunction” argument. It may work as an ad hoc explanation for the phenomena, but I don’t think it’s going to prove to be the true cause in the end.

[faithhopecharity]

Indeed cats are VERY observant. The Egyptians knew cats are the earthly eyes and ears of the gods

[dr_lew]

It amounted to a “throw-away line”. There’s a lot of things wrong with it, and if you start cleaning it up you’re right back in Copenhagen.