![]() The graph simultaneously shows the projection of global mean temperature under our current fossil-fuel economy and the trajectory if we rapidly shift from fossil fuel. With Schrödinger in mind, I’m confident that what drew Bembé to my screen was the duality in the graph. They know that the ambiguity will be resolved once someone bothers to check on them. Cats are comfortable with ambiguity, it is a part of cat life. The act of checking on the cat determines its final state. His conclusion is that while the cat is in the box, the cat exists in a state of being partially alive and partially dead - until the box is opened, and the cat’s state is revealed. Schrödinger imagined a cat in a box with a deadly poison that may or may not kill the cat before the box is opened. Physicist Erwin Schrödinger’s famous thought experiment demonstrating the philosophical challenges of quantum mechanics illustrates the nature of betweenness. ![]() They exist in a constant state of betweenness: simultaneously affectionate and indifferent, curious and cautious. ![]() Why would projections of global temperatures grab his attention? Perhaps it is that cats have a special appreciation for choices. Bembé has always expressed a cat-like indifference to my climate science work. I stepped away from my computer the other day and came back to find my cat Bembé staring at the screen. ![]()
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