This reminds me of the gedankenexperiment called "

This reminds me of the gedankenexperiment called "Schroedinger's cat".

To those who are not familiar - A cat is incarcerated into a intransparent box, and with it a thin glas filled with toxic gas. In case the cat - in the dark - trips over the glas, it breaks and the toxic gas kills the cat. As long the cat stays away from the glas, it will survive.

In the moment you close the lid on the box, the cat is alive, but in the next second it is as likely dead, as it is alive, and nobody knows, until one would open the lid and has a look.

We are in the same situation here. The lid is closed, and Joe is even holding it closed from inside, so as long as we are not allowed to look inside, we will never know whether "the cat" is still alive or not. Most of us have a lot of money on the line here, and thus it is unacceptable to be kept from opening the lid for such a long time.

Have a great weekend everyone, I am sure sooner or later Joe will grant us another look into the box, and as long as I do not know better, I will asume that "the cat" is still alive and kicking.