So .. a superposition of states would really just be a point in time during which the state variable takes no specific value?<p>Or, it isn't so much that Schrodinger's famous cat is both alive and dead at the same time, as that it's neither?<p>The thing about the cat in the box is that, when you later open the box, it's some kind of <i>cat</i> that's revealed. You don't open the box to find a nice loaf of bread. I.e., seems like <i>something</i> must have some kind of state, in that box, when no one is looking, that retains at least the possible outcomes and precludes others.