I wish they would tackle world peace instead

While we lesser creatures spend our lives creating blogposts and commenting on the blogposts of others, greater minds than ours ponder things like the following article from the current issue of Scientific American magazine:

"This Twist on Schrödinger’s Cat Paradox Has Major Implications for Quantum Theory"

which has the even more intriguing subtitle, 'A laboratory demonstration of the classic “Wigner’s friend” thought experiment could overturn cherished assumptions about reality'.

I am clearly out of my element and in over my head. I have never heard of Schrödinger’s Cat Paradox and don't care about Quantum Theory, I don't know what “Wigner’s friend” thought experiment proved or didn't prove, or why it is considered classic, and I have no cherished assumptions about reality that I am aware of.

I'm sure it is very important, but it seems like so much flotsam and jetsam to me.

So why even bring up the subject, you may be asking.

Simple. I want you to read the article from start ro finish and tell me what you think.

Only then can we begin to tackle world peace.