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by phkahler 2210 days ago
I prefer to replace Schrodinger's cat with Schrodinger's brother. Now you claim to have a human observer in a superposition of dead and alive states. He will not suddenly experience collapse when let out of the box to greet Schrodinger. The entire notion of "wave function collapse" is a fictional construct that can not be observed because it doesnt happen.
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Schrödinger's brother is Wigner's friend

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigner%27s_friend

> He will not suddenly experience collapse when let out of the box to greet Schrodinger.

How do you know? What would you expect to be different if that was what was happening?