PERSPECTIVE-Schrodinger’s Cat is a thought experiment designed to show people how they misunderstood quantum physics but ended up locking people into that very misunderstanding. What did Schrodinger's Cat experiment prove?) People falsely believe that in the thought experiment, the cat’s existence or non-existence depends upon the act of observation when the box was opened. Until the actual observation, so the misconception goes, the cat was both alive and dead. The GOP is not locked inside a black box, but like the cat, its continued existence is in doubt. Political parties do self-destruct. Have you seen any Whigs around lately?