Schrodinger's Dishwasher
My theory is that my dishwasher is a reincarnated version of Schrodinger's cat.
The very few times that my dishwasher gets used, it gets turned on as people leave the house. When opened later to unpack the dishes, it has sometimes washed - sometimes not. No real way to predict, it seems.
However, if I turn on the dishwasher, stand around in the kitchen and watch it, it will run all the way through the cycle. I guess the observer effect is good for something!
The radical uncertainty of schodinger's dishwasher, plus low-level guilt about water and power wastage, means that I usually go old school and wash dishes by hand.
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About Karen.Hall
I've recently submitted my PhD thesis, titled 'Discovering the Lost Race Story: Writing Science Fiction, Writing Temporality', for examination. In the meantime, I'm teaching in the discipline of Communication Studies at UWA and starting a new project on medievalism and media through a Whitfeld Fellowship.