The box is shaken and there is an outcome. The crank is turned and unwound and there is another outcome. There is no paradox here. It is impossible to tell. Professor Bisshopp has a dog named Trouble.
Trouble has a certain number of fleas in each of the two situations as described below.
Imagine that the fleas are numbered and that the jumping occurs as a random number is drawn. In the description above the number of fleas represents the concentration of molecules in a chemical reaction. The answer may be understood by running a program for the Macintosh called DogFlea.hqx found by clicking here. Question 4 If Trouble starts out with 5 fleas there is a good chance that after some time that the a. original state is likely to return. Question 5 If Trouble starts out with 200 fleas there is a good chance that after some time the a. original state is likely to return.