The paradox of Schrödinger’s cat was conceived by the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935 in order to address what he saw as a problem with one interpretation of quantum mechanics when used to describe the state of objects. The paradox describes a cat that could be both alive and dead at the same time, a state called a quantum superposition. Schrödinger didn’t think this was possible; he was criticizing the interpretation of quantum mechanics at the time. Now, however, some theorists use it to assert that, in fact, a cat (or any other living thing) could be alive and dead at the same time. Which prompts the question: what about the state of your romantic relationship? Cartoon by Shannon Wheeler.
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