Why a cat can be both alive and dead
Schrödinger's cat paradox reveals the weirdness of quantum superposition, where a cat is both alive and dead until observed, blurring the lines between quantum and classical reality.
Imagine a cat in a sealed box, simultaneously alive and dead until someone looks inside. This is the core of Schrödinger's cat paradox, a thought experiment proposed by physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935. It illustrates quantum superposition, where a tiny particle, like an atom, can exist in all possible states at once until measured.
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