THE SOLILOQUY OF SCHRÖDINGER'S CAT

A MEDITATION ON LIFE AND THE VON NEUMANN–WIGNER INTERPRETATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS

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To be and not to be—that is the mystery:

Whether opposing states thus coexist
Until their limbo meets a conscious mind,
Which, by observing, ends it? To look, itself,
Affects what's seen, for by our sight we end
The many delicate entanglements
That matter’s heir to. 'Tis a constant loss
That cannot be escaped. The smallest acts