I'm thinking this blog might be a little like Schroeder's cat - not unlike the old conundrum regarding the tree that falls unheard in the forest. Does the blog exist if I don't write it? Or don't think about it - well, I do think about it, so there's that. Is it existing and not existing at the same time since no one reads it? Or does it only exist in the past when there are no recent entries? Is it less real if it doesn't fulfill its purpose for existing? I didn't do that well in physics, no surprise there - so quantum mechanics might well be beyond me. But since I did so well in algebra, I do understand the cat, its existence being an abstraction.
Nonetheless, a zwischeraum by definition is another Schroeder's cat - the intersice, the space between rooms or whatever- exists and doesn't exist at the same time, since time itself has to determine when it's real.
Friday, April 23, 2010
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