[LeGrande]

Do we observe the outcome by looking in the box though?
Or...
Were you going with , Do we cause the outcome by looking in the box?

That wasn't the question Shrodinger was asking. The basic question was what determines the wave function collapse and what role the observer plays.

[UCANSEE2]

“The basic question was what determines the wave function collapse and what role the observer plays. “

So, the question of ‘do we cause, or affect, the outcome by looking in the box’ was exactly what Schrodinger was ‘asking’.