Episode 3: Actor or bad actor?
Today’s private inquiry is my own.
Private Inquiry
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Episode 2: Schrödinger's brats
Many quantum physicists believe that a particle exists in two places until it’s observed. Schrödinger sought to dispel that theory. “One can even set up quite ridiculous cases,” he wrote. In one, the cat, tied to a radioactive tube that had some possibility of killing it, could only be either alive or dead, no matter if we’ve observed yet.
Episode 1: Sylvia's dad
This is the first edition of Private Inquiry, a newsletter scouring the web for petty grievances, lost loves, and other unanswered wonderings. I’m Alice, your local investigative data journalist for stories that won’t make the news. Today’s inquiry I have a friend, let’s call her Sylvia, who wants to know where her father is living. I was given his full name and an anecdote about how he was one of…