Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 108 (May 2019) by John Joseph Adams
Author:John Joseph Adams [John Joseph Adams]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: John Joseph Adams
Published: 2019-04-15T15:40:53+00:00
A Scientific Inquiry
Epidemiologists have studied the effects of the orange ball and have determined with certainty that the symptoms it causes cannot be traced to a viral, bacterial, fungal, or parasitic source. Despite extensive tests of our childrenâs every conceivable tissue and bodily secretion, there is, they say, no detectable pathogen present in their bodies either pre-transformation or post-transformation. This conclusion has led numerous researchers to suggest that the vector for transmission may lie on the molecular or atomic levelâa potentially provable proposition, but one that will require many more years of study.
Another faction of scientistsâmostly biophysicistsâhave conjectured that what occurs to the infected children has little basis in any macrocosmic discipline. These experts have advanced a hypothesis that the wholesale restructuring of an organism can only find its catalyst in the quantum realm, amidst probabilities so infinitesimally small and possibilities so strange they might be thought impossible. Therefore, in their view, it is far better to approach the issue as a problem of fundamental forces and abstract equations than cellular division and genetic re-encoding. Intriguing though the concept may be, it is untestable with current medical technology.
Still another segment of the scientific community washes their hands of the entire matter, choosing to believe that the orange ball and its accompanying syndrome must be either grossly misreported or an outright hoax. To the myriad MDs and PhDs in this campânone of whom have seen a ball-child in personâthe situation is undeserving of serious attention and, in their assessment, a blemish upon those scientists willing to examine the phenomenon.
Needless to say, the underlying reason for the changes to our children remains unknown and we are forced to wonder not just âWhy?â but also âHow?â
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