The Problem with The Big Bang

If you buy into the idea that a quantum system exists as a mixture of states until an observer comes along and forces its hand, such as schrodinger's cat, it brings up some profound questions about the beginning of life. According to quantum physics, the Big Bang wouldn’t have been possible without an observer to tip the scales.

No, the observer thing only has to do with interaction of observing and the thing observed.  The thing observed don't know what the fuck.  And the cat story is to be taken metaphorically.