The Reality Thief (Deplosion Book 1) by Paul Anlee

Author:Paul Anlee [Anlee, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Darian Publishing House
Published: 2017-04-07T05:00:00+00:00

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DR. PRATT LUMBERED OUT OF HIS SEAT and requested a microphone from one of the assistants. He tapped it twice to make sure it was working. Thank goodness that’s over. And I thought it was painful listening to Darian talk about the human soul.

Aloud, he said, “An intriguing hypothesis, I’m sure, Dr. Leigh. Thank you for explaining your ideas so elaborately. Perhaps I could begin the question period by asking you, how dangerous is it to try and alter the laws of nature, even at the smallest level? I’m sure you’ll recall the concerns many of us had over the experimental work on the Higgs boson, the so-called God particle. Although that work turned out to have no dire large-scale consequences—at least, none that we know about so far—it seems to me that your own research may pose an even greater potential for disruption. How do we know that your work is not moving us toward some horrific and irreversible disaster on a universal scale?”

“Thank you for your question, Dr. Pratt,” Darian replied equitably. “As you point out, the fears around the Higgs boson research were indeed exaggerated. However, that is not the reason we think our current research poses no danger.

“The reason we do not fear some unforeseen disaster resulting from our research is that the real universe is incredibly stable.

“The universe of real particles is much more robust than, say, people’s perception or memory. People think they remember things happening that didn’t really happen at all, sometimes that couldn’t have happened. Unlike imagination or memories—let’s call those our perceived realities—an objective reality actually exists. It is formed out of countless, consistent and well-defined resonances between the virtual particles that, altogether, make up the real particles of the universe. It is definable, measurable, predictable, and can be consistently recreated.

“It is, however, exceedingly difficult to calculate how even a small number of stable real particles might interact with their adjacent virtual particles. That’s why we are generating the RAF—the Reality Assertion Field—in as much of a complete vacuum as we can. Until we understand how artificial microverses interact with the real universe, we want to avoid any contact between these two different kinds of matter.”

Satisfied with his answer, Darian turned to the audience and asked, “Other questions?” A hand shot up immediately. Darian recognized the speaker from campus, “Yes, Mr. Lim?”

The third-year physics major beamed at being identified by name by the world-famous scholar. It didn’t occur to him how easy it was for Darian to access SFU's confidential registration data via his lattice in the brief time between seeing a raised hand and acknowledging it. An assistant handed the student a microphone. “I’m confused about the quantum fields—”

“I believe that feeling is widely shared,” Darian joked, “even physicists have struggled with the complexities. But what is it in particular that you find confusing, Mr. Lim? Perhaps I can help clarify.”

The undergrad smiled shyly and continued in a quiet, precise voice. “I’ve been taught that all quantum fields are associated with a real particle.

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