Why Galileo's thought experiment about the ball rolling forever on a level surface could only be a thought experiment.?

Why Galileo's thought experiment about the ball rolling forever on a level surface could only be a thought experiment.?
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Schrödinger's exp involved a cat placed inside a box w/ a vialof poisonous gas, released when an radioactive atom decays. Awnserby Jake Henderson
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