Schrödinger's Cat
is a quantum mechanical cat that is both alive and dead, and simultaneously, not alive and dead.
Or, you know, maybe not.
It's a superposition of life and death, like a cat that's both paws-itive and paws-negative.
When observed, it's either alive or dead. But when not observed, it's both alive and dead, like a cat that's purr-fectly ambiguous.
It's the ultimate cat-astrophe of quantum mechanics.
Want to see more quantum physicists?
Go see Heisenberg or go see Bohm