Creation Myths Come in Many Forms.

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8. Along those lines:

Quantum theory, in my limited understanding of it, seems to give special status to the observer, or the act of observation. Schrodinger's cat is alive and dead until we open the box and check. Or maybe that interpretation of QM is incorrect or incomplete. Must the observer be conscious? If not, perhaps the geiger counter is the observer, and the cat is definitely alive or dead before we open the box. Otherwise, perhaps nothing definitely exists without us observing it.