I’ve messed up an R

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Yeah! I’ve managed to edit a capital R in Helvetica. It’s been harder than I thought it would be;

He is scientist

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He’s a quantum physicist; let’s call him Dr. Ess for now. Dr. Ess is going to help me tell the story of Schrödinger’s cat; a story that — much like the cat — exists in a state of flux until observed.

Roland Barthes’ Death of the Author argues that a text, once separated from its author, has many possible layers and meanings for the reader to extract. You could say that until a text is read, its meaning exists in a state of flux; neither one thing or the other.

I’m working on telling the story of Schrödinger’s cat; trapped in a state of quantum flux inside a box. What will happen? Will the cat live or die? Will Dr. Ess be found out by animal rights activists? These things will remain in a state of flux until the reader does their part, reading the story and collapsing the waveform…

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