"The number of degrees of freedom of the cat is enormous. Is it possible that the cat is to be described by a wave function, which is a superposition of a live and a dead cat?"

"The idea that there is a 'mind' or 'consciousness' that is separate from the physical world is a delusion. It is a product of our language and our limited way of thinking."

"The scientist's world-picture is of course not the only possible one. It is not even a complete one. It is just one, an important one, but it is not the whole truth."

"The result of the experiment is that the cat is both dead and alive, like the famous case of the young woman who was both a virgin and a mother."

"The first thing to say is that of course I don't believe in the existence of 'my' cat, or 'your' cat, or 'the' cat. There is only one cat, which is the cat of the universe. And it's not even a cat, it…"