KakarisMaelstrom wrote:
Apparently I put the cat into the box, wait for half-life, then I consider deeply whether that cat is still alive or not. Apparently that will teach me everything I need to know about quantum physics.
Much more than that--it's not just a question of whether or not the cat inside is alive or dead. An entailment of the double-slit experiment is that prior to observing the cat (opening the box) that cat exists as both it's living and dead potentialities and only actualizes as one or the other upon opening.
But hopefully the instruction kit that comes with your set explains everything. I got mine from Ikea and was missing instructions and the cat.