The Schrodingers cat experiment says the cat is still dead and alive at the same time because whether or not the cat is dead or alive has not been measured. I may have misunderstood the experiment- but why doesn't the cat seeing whether or not the vial has broken count as a measurement, even if it is only the cat who knows. The experiment implies a difference between the cat's consciousness and that of the human, which of course there is, but what is this difference and how do we know about the cat's consciousness?