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CMV: Schrödinger’s Cat seems like a dumb concept

I don't know if superposition is described in different ways, but Shrödinger's cat is a dumb concept. I personally believe that the cat cannot be alive AND dead be that's not how real life/ rational life works. For example, if someone painted my house while I was on vacation, and they told me it was either painted blue or red, it's not both, or purple! I know it has to do with Quantum Mechanics, and not necessarily everyday logic, but it just seems irrational imo. If anyone could please describe it’s meaning in superposition, that’d probably change my view bc I just can’t seem to wrap my head around it. The simpler the terms the better. Thank you!

Edit: My view has fully changed, so I won’t be replying to comments anymore. Thanks to all of the ppl who have changed my view!
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Schrödinger’s cat was his criticism of the uncertainty principle, it was meant to be ridiculous.

I’m certainly not qualified to explain Quantum Mechanics, but simply he’s referring to the uncertainty principle and the observer effect. According to the math (which works) particles are in a superposition of all possible states with differing likelihood until it is measured (observed). Check out the double slit experiment for more on that subject.

It seems counterintuitive because it is, and it won’t make any sense from our perception of reality. 

Just to get ahead of this before it comes up - the observer effect has nothing to do with consciousness. We can observe an apple across the room without affecting it much, but the only way to “observe” a particle is to interact with it, like if we had to poke the apple.