The paradox is actually an experiment called “Schrodinger’s Cat” and can be explained using quantum physics, which in layman terms, describe how probabilities change with time. Though I don’t think that there is any correct or wrong answer, this is what I think it is. Assuming the box is opaque, we are unable to see what is going on inside the box. Hence, we also do not know if the cat is alive or dead. If the poison takes 10 minutes to kill the cat, after 5 minutes there is a 50% probability that the cat is alive, and 50% probability that the cat is dead. Even if we look in the 20^th minute, there may still be a 0.0001% probability that the cat is alive and a 99.9999% probability that it is dead. This is probably why the cat is both alive and dead. (Something like the cat is 0.0001% alive and 99.9999% dead) However, when we open the box, we only see that the cat is either alive or dead as it is impossible for it to be alive and dead.

The paradox is actually an experiment called “Schrodinger’s Cat” and can be explained using quantum physics, which in layman terms, describe how probabilities change with time. Though I don’t think that there is any correct or wrong answer, this is what I think it is. Assuming the box is opaque, we are unable to see what is going on inside the box. Hence, we also do not know if the cat is alive or dead. If the poison takes 10 minutes to kill the cat, after 5 minutes there is a 50% probability that the cat is alive, and 50% probability that the cat is dead. Even if we look in the 20^th minute, there may still be a 0.0001% probability that the cat is alive and a 99.9999% probability that it is dead. This is probably why the cat is both alive and dead. (Something like the cat is 0.0001% alive and 99.9999% dead) However, when we open the box, we only see that the cat is either alive or dead as it is impossible for it to be alive and dead.