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	The Lecturer in Creative Uncertainty was one of many [[Wizard's magic\|wizards]] residing at [[Unseen University]]. His position in the [[Faculty]]'s hierarchy is unknown (uncertain?), but it is probably quite low, as he is a lecturer, and is only mentioned in passing in {{TLC}}.		The '''Lecturer in Creative Uncertainty''' was one of many [[Wizard's magic\|wizards]] residing at [[Unseen University]]. His position in the [[Faculty]]'s hierarchy is unknown (uncertain?), but it is probably quite low, as he is a lecturer, and is only mentioned in passing in {{TLC}}.

	Every wizard's room at Unseen University has a wooden sliding device on the frame of the door, which normally contains the words "IN" and "OUT". The Lecturer in Creative Uncertainty, however, held rather smugly that he was in a state of ''both'' in-ness and out-ness until such time as someone knocked on his door and collapsed the field, and that it was impossible to be categorical before the event... one must wonder, then, what ''his'' labels are for his door.		Every wizard's room at Unseen University has a wooden sliding device on the frame of the door, which normally contains the words "IN" and "OUT". The Lecturer in Creative Uncertainty, however, held rather smugly that he was in a state of ''both'' in-ness and out-ness until such time as someone knocked on his door and collapsed the field, and that it was impossible to be categorical before the event... one must wonder, then, what ''his'' labels are for his door.

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	The Lecturer in Creative Uncertainty was one of many [[Wizard's magic\|wizards]] residing at [[Unseen University]]. His position in the [[Faculty]]'s hierarchy is unknown (uncertain?), but it is probably quite low, as he is a lecturer, and is only mentioned in passing in {{TLC}}.		The Lecturer in Creative Uncertainty was one of many [[Wizard's magic\|wizards]] residing at [[Unseen University]]. His position in the [[Faculty]]'s hierarchy is unknown (uncertain?), but it is probably quite low, as he is a lecturer, and is only mentioned in passing in {{TLC}}.

	Every wizard's room at Unseen University has a wooden sliding device on the frame of the door, which normally contains the words "IN" and "OUT". The Lecturer in Creative Uncertainty, however, held rather smugly that he was in a state of ''both'' in-ness and out-ness until such time as someone knocked on his door and collapsed the field, and that it was impossible to be categorical before the event... one must wonder, then, what ''his'' labels are for his door...		Every wizard's room at Unseen University has a wooden sliding device on the frame of the door, which normally contains the words "IN" and "OUT". The Lecturer in Creative Uncertainty, however, held rather smugly that he was in a state of ''both'' in-ness and out-ness until such time as someone knocked on his door and collapsed the field, and that it was impossible to be categorical before the event... one must wonder, then, what ''his'' labels are for his door.

	==Annotation==		==Annotation==

	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger Erwin Schrödinger], one of the founders of [[Roundworld]]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics Quantum Mechanics], is famous for a thought experiment/paradox called "Schrödinger's Cat", which Pratchett is parodying here. Essentially, he came up with a complicated method of randomly killing a [[Cats\|cat]] inside a box. However, the point was that the cat would be both dead and alive until you opened the box and observed it... for more information, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat here]. For what the ''cat'''s point of view might be about this, see [[Real Cat\|here]].		[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger Erwin Schrödinger], one of the founders of [[Roundworld]]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics Quantum Mechanics], is famous for a thought experiment/paradox called "Schrödinger's Cat", which Pratchett is parodying here. Essentially, he came up with a complicated method of randomly killing a [[Cats\|cat]] inside a box. However, the point was that the cat would be both dead and alive until you opened the box and observed it... for more information, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat here]. For what the ''cat'''s point of view might be about this, see [[Real Cat\|here]].


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	The Lecturer in Creative Uncertainty was one of many [[Wizard's magic\|wizards]] residing at [[Unseen University]]. His position in the [[Faculty]]'s hierarchy is unknown (uncertain?) , but it is probably quite low, as he is a lecturer, and is only mentioned in passing in {{TLC}}.		The Lecturer in Creative Uncertainty was one of many [[Wizard's magic\|wizards]] residing at [[Unseen University]]. His position in the [[Faculty]]'s hierarchy is unknown (uncertain?), but it is probably quite low, as he is a lecturer, and is only mentioned in passing in {{TLC}}.

	Every wizard's room at Unseen University has a wooden sliding device on the frame of the door, which normally contains the words "IN" and "OUT". The Lecturer in Creative Uncertainty, however, held rather smugly that he was in a state of ''both'' in-ness and out-ness until such time as someone knocked on his door and collapsed the field, and that it was impossible to be categorical before the event... one must wonder, then, what ''his'' labels are for his door...		Every wizard's room at Unseen University has a wooden sliding device on the frame of the door, which normally contains the words "IN" and "OUT". The Lecturer in Creative Uncertainty, however, held rather smugly that he was in a state of ''both'' in-ness and out-ness until such time as someone knocked on his door and collapsed the field, and that it was impossible to be categorical before the event... one must wonder, then, what ''his'' labels are for his door...

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The Lecturer in Creative Uncertainty was one of many [[Wizard's magic|wizards]] residing at [[Unseen University]]. His position in the [[Faculty]]'s hierarchy is unknown (uncertain?) , but it is probably quite low, as he is a lecturer, and is only mentioned in passing in {{TLC}}.

Every wizard's room at Unseen University has a wooden sliding device on the frame of the door, which normally contains the words "IN" and "OUT". The Lecturer in Creative Uncertainty, however, held rather smugly that he was in a state of ''both'' in-ness and out-ness until such time as someone knocked on his door and collapsed the field, and that it was impossible to be categorical before the event... one must wonder, then, what ''his'' labels are for his door...

==Annotation==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger Erwin Schrödinger], one of the founders of [[Roundworld]]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics Quantum Mechanics], is famous for a thought experiment/paradox called "Schrödinger's Cat", which Pratchett is parodying here. Essentially, he came up with a complicated method of randomly killing a [[Cats|cat]] inside a box. However, the point was that the cat would be both dead and alive until you opened the box and observed it... for more information, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat here]. For what the ''cat'''s point of view might be about this, see [[Real Cat|here]].

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