In the Schrdinger's cat Gedanken experiment, ignoring the issue of observers (which, admittedly, was what concerned Schrdinger),

In the Schrödinger's cat Gedanken experiment, ignoring the issue of observers (which, admittedly, was what concerned Schrödinger), where would you simplify it, by eliminating pieces in its construction? Think then about how that relates to the quantum computation issue, as alluded to in the text.