Sorry, but I couldn’t resist. Sir Terry Pratchett is just too good not to share. Quantum Mechanics - Terry Pratchett quote from the book Lords and Ladies Greebo had spent an irritating two minutes in that box. Technically, a cat locked in a box may be alive or it may be dead. You never know until you look. In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.
Sorry, but I couldn’t resist. Sir Terry Pratchett is just too good not to share.
Quantum Mechanics - Terry Pratchett quote from the book Lords and Ladies
Greebo had spent an irritating two minutes in that box. Technically, a cat locked in a box may be alive or it may be dead. You never know until you look. In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.