Is Schrodinger's cat experiment a paradox?

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In summary, the video explained that in a thought experiment, an atom with a half-life is in a box with a geiger counter and poison, and the cat. It was explained that statically, the cat had a 50/50 chance of being alive or dead, but according to the Copenhagen interpretation, the cat was both alive and dead until someone observed it. According to the video, the problem with the Copenhagen interpretation is that it does not require a person to make the observation, which is why the cat was both alive and dead in the set-up.
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Maui said:
You can't

Without commenting on the rest of your post, since you can't I am perfectly entitled to consider it a proper one.

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Bill
 
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bhobba said:
Without commenting on the rest of your post, since you can't I am perfectly entitled to consider it a proper one.

Thanks
Bill



That's not how science works! You can use it of course but only with a preface that you are assuming that which you were supposed to prove(which is of course philosophy).
 
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