An Amp is sealed inside a closed
box; the Amp has ample power and air to survive an extended period.
This box is designed so that no information (i.e., sight, sound,
etc.) can pass into or out of the box -- the Amp is totally cut
off from your observations. Also inside the box with the poor
Amp is a gremlin with a hammer in a locked cage,the lock is connected
to a Gieger counter; this counter is monitoring a radioactive
sample and is designed to trigger the hammer --releasing the
gremlin -- should a radioactive decay be detected. The sample
is chosen so that after, say, one hour, there stands a fifty-fifty
chance of a decay occurring.
The question is, what is the state of the Amp after that one hour has elapsed? |