Editing Schrödinger's cat (section)

=== Ensemble interpretation ===

The [[Ensemble Interpretation|ensemble interpretation]] states that superpositions are nothing but subensembles of a larger statistical ensemble. The state vector would not apply to individual cat experiments, but only to the statistics of many similarly prepared cat experiments. Proponents of this interpretation state that this makes the Schrödinger's cat paradox a trivial matter, or a non-issue.

This interpretation serves to ''discard'' the idea that a single physical system in quantum mechanics has a mathematical description that corresponds to it in any way.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Smolin|first=Lee|date=October 2012|title=A real ensemble interpretation of quantum mechanics|journal=Foundations of Physics|volume=42|issue=10|pages=1239–1261|doi=10.1007/s10701-012-9666-4|issn=0015-9018|arxiv=1104.2822|bibcode=2012FoPh...42.1239S|s2cid=118505566}}</ref>