Schrodinger originally put forth his “cat in a box” thought experiment to make fun of what he thought was a ridiculous model of reality (the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics).
Schrödinger did not wish to promote the idea of dead-and-live cats as a serious possibility; on the contrary, he intended the example to illustrate the absurdity of the existing view of quantum mechanics, thus employing reductio ad absurdum.
The fact that the people he was trying to criticize latched onto his analogy and started enthusiastically using it for demonstrative purposes annoyed the shit out of him.
Not-so-fun bonus fact: Schrodinger was also a grooming pedophile rapist.
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Schrodinger originally put forth his “cat in a box” thought experiment to make fun of what he thought was a ridiculous model of reality (the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics).
The fact that the people he was trying to criticize latched onto his analogy and started enthusiastically using it for demonstrative purposes annoyed the shit out of him.
Not-so-fun bonus fact: Schrodinger was also a grooming pedophile rapist.