The inside of my safe

Imagine that last night, I locked one million dollars into my safe.

Question: does the money disappear the moment I close and lock the safe?

This morning, I open my safe.

Question: does the money reappear the moment I open the safe?

Published by Warren Tang

I write about linguistics and philosophy. I also write poetry and take photographs. View all posts by Warren Tang

signature103 18 November 20191138

It is, but so is Planet X problem, or the next one (on paper) coming up in a couple of days.

It really doesn’t matter whether it is inside or outside. This is my point.

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landzek 18 November 20191111

Isn’t that the Schrodinger’s Cat problem?

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