Dr John: Dave, you would like to
ask a few questions?
Dr Dave: Yes. Jim.
Dr Dave looks a Jim and smiles.
Dr Dave: You say that the thought
transmission delusion was the most prominent delusion and yesterday you
mentioned the term 'biophysical wormhole'?
<Jim>: Ah, they like the idea
of thought transmission. It is a pretty cool delusion, but it did have
its drawbacks.
Jim: Yes?
Dr Dave: Could you give us any
more information about this particular delusion. You appear to have considered
it in depth.
<Jim>: Certainly. [The three
stooges]
Jim: Well, as a science graduate,
you tend to think about things laterally. Trying to work out how a delusion
might work is nonsense from a doctors view point, but for me it was a task
which I had hoped would get the delusion out of my mind. However, when
I considered all the possibilities I came up with a plausible science-fiction
theory.
<Jim>: Wait a minute. Did I
tell him about this? I thought I fudged over it all?
Dr Dave: What these biophysical
wormholes?
Jim: Physics is on the brink of
going up its own ass at the moment, with the mathematical side of The Theory
of Everything and string theory. They know that the mathematics is interesting
but the more they look into it the less they realise they actually know.
One thing is for sure, the microscopic world is vastly different from the
macroscopic world we are all familiar with. In quantum mechanics things
have probabilities of happening, empty space becomes a froth of short lived
elementary particles and what happens below the planck length is a mystery.
<Jim>: Physics is becoming more
like science-fiction every year.
Dr Dave: So you are saying that
physics can explain your thought transmission delusion?
<Jim>: You plonka Rodney. Delboy.
Only Fools and Horses.
Jim: In physics there is a theory
about microwormholes, but it is just a theory. The nearest thing to a visible
wormhole is a black hole, and we can only see black holes by how they affect
light. Microwormholes are said to exist on the microscopic level.
Dr Dave: OK. Take me through your theory.
<Jim>: In your dreams, you have been
to Tunisia.
Jim: I am not saying it is a theory,
just a train of thought, full of ifs. If microwormholes exist, and if they
exist in abundance, then it is possible that we might all be connected
to each other and everything, for all possible times.
Dr Dave: Pardon?
<Jim>: Granted.
Jim: A wormhole is a hole in space
and time. It is supposed to connect to another wormhole at the other end.
Haven't you watched Star Trek's Deep Space Nine?
Dr Dave: Yes. But that wormhole
is huge.
Jim: That is why they call them
microwormholes. You understand the idea of wormholes, why not microwormholes?
Dr Dave: I guess because they need
large amounts of gravity to create them?
Jim: OK but in principle, if you
shrank the DS9 wormhole down, you would understand it?
Dr Dave: Yes. In a purely fictitious
way.
Dr John turns to Dr Dave.
Dr John: I haven't a clue what you
two are on about.
Dr Kate looks at Dr John.
Dr Kate: I understand what Jim is
saying.
Dr Kate looks back at Jim.
Dr Kate: Go on.
<Jim>: You're eyes just got
nicer.
Jim: OK. If microwormholes exist
and they exist in abundance, then, potentially all points in space and
time could be connected, right?
Dr Dave: How do you get to that
conclusion?
<Jim>: Because I am out of my
flipping mind. Out of my tree. I am a sandwich short of a picnic. I am
totally INSANE.
Jim: I can see I am going to need
to give you something to hold onto while I take you on this excursion of
'How to theorise on the delusion of thought transmission'. Excuse me for
a second.
Jim stands up and rushes over to a book
cabinet.
<Jim>: Where are those books?
If I can give them some sort of reference material then that will give
them the hand on my journey through madness.
Jim: Found them.
Jim pulls out a pile of books.
<Voice>: While Jim was ill he
could not read books. He had tried but found the task quite impossible.
Instead he had listened to music and watched television. He had never really
been a great reader, but he had chosen some quite pivotal books to read,
as well as those he had been required to read from school. Jim had gained
a liking for Shakespeare after reading Macbeth at school, but could not
follow the plots when he tried to read the plays from books. Instead, Jim
had watched their film interpretations, his favourite being Mel Gibson's
Hamlet. Jim had also read Pride and Prejudice, well he had skipped through
it and watched it on the BBC. He had found the period dresses rather sexy,
what with the long skirts and pert breasts. The BBC had recently created
another version of the story, not as good as the first, but certainly portraying
the same feelings. Jim associated with the Darcy character, as although
he had deep feelings he kept them to himself.
Jim: This one by John Gribbin. In
it he discusses the link between life and the cosmos. Although he does
not discuss wormholes there, he does discuss the CHON cycle.
Dr Dave: The 'what' cycle?
<Jim>: Ah-ha, I have him hooked.
Jim: The Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen,
Nitrogen cycle. Both life and the stars rely on these basic elements for
their energy generation. In the stardust book the bottom line is that life
originates from stellar activity, in fact the current theory is that the
basic building blocks for life are stored in inter-stellar dust clouds.
We are in effect star children.
Dr Dave: I have heard of that theory.
Dr John: It sounds an interesting
concept. I understand the importance of elements in the CHON cycle.
Jim: I think all the Stardust book
does is to introduce your mind to think big thoughts. Allowing you to then
think even bigger thoughts.
Dr Dave: Such as?
Jim: Such as there may well have
been millions of Big Bangs in the past, with each one tuning the parameters
of natural law to create a more sustainable Universe. The current Universe
being a stable Universe.
Dr Dave: How did you get from stardust
to Big Bangs?
Jim: At the end of the Stardust
book, he discusses the possible evolutionary nature of Universe, and the
idea of a multiverse. He uses mathematicians theories, but I prefer a more
intuitive theory. Whereby the Universe is like a perfect system, expanding
and condensing with little or no loss of energy. The ultimate condensation
being black holes, with these black holes eating each other
up until they are so massive that they cause a rapid implosion, and then
explosion. The next Big Bang.
Dr Dave: But all the matter in
the Universe is accelerating away from The Big Bang.
Jim: The problem with mathematics
is that it is restricted by numbers. The word infinity means forever, given
an infinite amount of time the Universe will stop accelerating, gravity
will take affect and the Universe will re-condense.
<Jim>: Computers have no concept
of infinity. Infinity means endless. Without end. Never ending.
Jim: Physicists use the term escape
velocity, but with the absence of any other force, a ball thrown at the
Earth's escape velocity will eventually fall back to Earth, due to the
Earth's gravitational force. Gravity is one force that may be weak but
it has longevity on its side. The balls velocity will be slowly retarded
by the Earth's gravitational force, until it stops and then accelerates
back to Earth Back down the 'R' squared curve.
<Jim>: Like a ball being rolled
up an infinite hill. It does not matter how slight the gradient is. Provided
there is no friction. The ball will roll back down the hill.
Jim: It may take a long time but
it will happen. In a perfect system, even the smallest force cannot be
ignored. In such a system.
Dr Dave: I guess not.
<Jim>: Now I have persuaded
your mind enough to think differently, lets cut to the chase.
Jim: OK back to the microwormholes.
Lets assume that there are microwormholes and they are abundant. Let's
say that they can only exist in a particular compound. In this book, the
case of the missing neutrinos, John Gribbin tries to put the scale of the
Universe into perspective. It is one of his qualities, to be able to relate
things to every day life.
<Jim>: Mathematics proves nothing,
until it can be confirmed experimentally.
Jim: One example he uses is about
how numerous and small atoms are. In the example he had a twelve gram bag
of carbon atoms, he removed one atom for every second the Universe has
been in existence, at the end he was left with a near full bag of carbon
atoms, with only a millionth of the original atoms removed.
Dr Kate: Wow, that certainly puts
things into perspective.
<Jim>: Pucker up misses. I will
be getting to the good stuff in a minute. And what exactly is the good
stuff?
Jim: Now if each of those carbon
atoms had an associated microwormhole, with the other end attached to another
carbon atom for each second you could have a link to every second that
the Universe has been in existence.
Dr Dave: These are pretty big 'ifs'.
Jim: I know, but they do make a
nice basis for a theory for my thought transmission delusion.
Dr John: So long as you know it
is a delusion.
<Jim>: It certainly is, but
it is a common idea, so maybe there is some physical reason for this.
Jim: Yes, of coarse. Shall we have
a coffee break?
Dr Dave: That would be nice.
Dr Kate: Yes, please.
Dr John: That sounds like a good
idea.
Jim: What would you like?
Dr John: A white coffee with no
sugar.
Dr Kate: Same for me.
Dr Dave: Make mine black, thank
you.
Jim: Back in a minute.
Jim leaves the room.
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