How Does the Manywold Interpretation of the Shredinger Cat Resolve That?

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In the usual presentation of the puzzle of the shredinger cat, the problem is that there's a cat closed in a box. How does the manywold interpretation resolve that? It resolves that saying that the cat is really both sleepy and nawake. That's the relationality ofe the relation anti potition of one to mechanics. Properties are relative.

From electrons behaving as both particles and waves to a cat in a box that’s both dead and alive, the consequences of quantum physics are decidedly weird. So strange, that over a century since its conception, scientists are still arguing about the best way to understand the theory. In the second of two episodes, Ian Sample sits down with the physicist Carlo Rovelli to discuss his ideas for explaining quantum physics, and how it affects our understanding of the world. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod