It's not even a real cat! It's a gedankenexperiment, an imaginary situation you use to illustrate a theoretical point or postulate!
Here, I'll illustrate. Right now you exist both in a state of Thwapped and Unthwapped, and until I walk back into the room, you might as well be in both states since you won't know which is true until I either smack you in the head or don't.
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Date: 2006-05-25 06:27 pm (UTC)Here, I'll illustrate. Right now you exist both in a state of Thwapped and Unthwapped, and until I walk back into the room, you might as well be in both states since you won't know which is true until I either smack you in the head or don't.