It's Schrodinger's Birthday Today! Or Is It? Yes, Yes It Is!

The Schrodinger Wave Function has completely collapsed, and yes - it IS Erwin's birthday. And in honor of the man who bought as the superpositioned cat and equations like , I will now share with you the ONLY short story that truly embodies Schrodinger's Paradox. It's not even science fiction, and it was written in 1882, decades before quantum mechanics was a gleam in Max Planck's eye.

Here it is.