Fol­low­ing Schrödinger’s cat to its death and giv­ing it a reprieve

“Quan­tum mechan­ics encour­ages jour­nal­ists to overuse words like “mys­te­ri­ous” and “spooky.” Giv­en that we can mod­el quan­tum sys­tems to an accu­ra­cy that would make a god cry, where is the mys­tery?”