“Schrodinger’s cat” is a thought experiment created by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrodinger.

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The purpose of the experiment was to show the flaws in a scientific theory suggesting that particles can only definitively change if someone is observing them.

该实验的目的是为了证明一个科学理论的缺陷sB1uyn.i+;8B+。该理论认为，只有有人观察粒子时，它们才会发生明确的变化E3A.L=I&DZUj[9M。

In Schrodinger’s example, a cat is locked in a box with a radioactive substance and a container of poison.

在薛定谔的实验中，一只猫被锁在一个装有放射性物质和毒药的盒子里B=,BqwZpPSnX0hg。

If the substance decays, it activates the poison and kills the cat.

如果这种物质衰变，就会激活毒药，杀死猫kQO^McS7]sp!B_o_。

Schrodinger argued that if the decaying of the substance could not happen until someone observed it, then the cat would be both alive and dead until someone opened the box.

薛定谔认为，如果物质在被人观察到之前不会发生衰变，那么在有人打开盒子之前，猫既是活的，也是死的nueU0Ep@!3].jGj)a5C。

Although Schrodinger’s goal was to show how strange this idea was, many people misinterpreted him.

尽管薛定谔的目的是要证明这个想法是多么奇怪，但许多人误解了他XIe6(|H!lAPJ%。

This misunderstanding has caused some people to believe that it is possible for a cat to be both alive and dead.

一些会错意的人认为，猫有可能既是活的又是死的j-nJX6MO5^aoUltdH7。