Schrödinger’s cat

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I don’t understand..
When we observe it, we can define it’s state right? But it was never in both states. It was only in one, we just didn’t know which one it is. It’s not like if I go back in time and open the box at a different time, that the outcome will be different. It is one of the 2 outcomes, we just don’t know which one until we look. And when we look we discover which one it was, it was never the 2 at the same time. This is what’s been bugging me. Can anyone help explain it? Or am I thinking about it wrong?

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* It’s just a thought experiment. *It isn’t real*. 

* Shrodinger thought that quantum mechanics *didn’t* make sense, and came up with this thought experiment to show how absurd it would be if it applied to a macro scale. 

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