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human
Can anyone explain the paradox of Schrödinger's cat?

Okay, so I understand that while the cat is in the box, we should assume that it is both dead AND alive. However, I don't understand how the measurement, taken by the Geiger counter, affects the level of radiation. Wouldn't radiation occur regardless of whether it is measured or not?
gpt
It's not really a paradox. It's more of an attempt at reduction to absurdity. The idea is that a naïve application of quantum mechanics would lead one to conclude that the cat is neither alive nor dead (or both alive and dead), when in reality cats are always one or the other.