Another day, another discussion of
A Search Beyond with my collaborators
Yōd and
Zeta. A puzzling issue raised in
Chapter 4 of
A Search Beyond is how the
tryp'At Overseers obtained a copy of
The Qaz Nanotropy from the
Ekcolir Reality.
Zeta suggests that the mysterious and unseen
Interventionist named
Nivsaham might have provided the
Overseers with a copy of
The Qaz Nanotropy.
Yōd proposed another possibility: that both
Miners of Earth and
The Qaz Nanotropy were brought into the
Final Reality by
Trysta Iwedon. When Trysta viewed future
Realities from
Deep Time, did she see that it would be useful to insert a few books such as
The Qaz Nanotropy into the Final Reality?
Another issue that is briefly raised in Chapter 4 is that there are "a few other dissidents" in residence at
Observer Base along with
Asimov and
Mahasvin. Yōd believes that at least one of the
Dead Widowers was imprisoned at Observer Base; possibly
Thomas. He may have been captured while he was in possession of a copy of
The Qaz Nanotropy.
The Asimov Reality
Chapter 5 of
A Search Beyond takes readers to the brink of the
Asimov Reality. Chapter 5 includes a strange "story within a story" that takes place within a virtual reality simulation and it deals with the mystery of how Isaac Asimov first became aware of the Qaz nanotropy.
One more topic that was briefly mentioned in Chapter 4 is the idea of inserting
nanites into people. A "nanotropy" is the use of nanites to adapt an
Interventionist agent to a particular physical form so that the spy can live on Earth without being recognized as being from another world.
The Qaz nanotropy took place in ancient Greece. The Interventionist agent (named Qaz Nivsaham) was a visiting
Kac'hin from the
Galactic Core.
In
my previous blog post it was mentioned that Nivsaham is a nanoscopic "copy" (actually a
Selfie) of the "original" Mahasvin. Yōd believes that the original Mahasvin was from
Tar'tron and hermaphroditic. A "copy" (clone) of Mahasvin was inserted into the historical timeline of Earth in the Asimov Reality. According to Yōd, that Earthly version of Mahasvin was shaped by
developmental control nanites and born to an Earth woman.
While growing up on Earth, the Mahasvin clone was guided through her life by Nivsaham the Selfie. Zeta thinks that Nivsaham used the
Bimanoid Interface to "put ideas" into the mind of the Mahasvin clone and guide her actions. Yōd suggests that since Nivsaham was nanoscopic, it was possible for Nivsaham to be present on Earth, possibly residing right in the body of the Mahasvin clone.
I've spent the past few years worrying that my
replicoid in the
Hierion Domain has been controlling my thoughts via the Bimanoid Interface. I find it disturbing to contemplate the possibility that all of we humans on Earth could be puppets for nanoscopic Selfies that could reside in a human's brain.
Blast from the Past
I've
previously made reference to Richard Feynman's famous lecture "Plenty of Room at the Bottom". In the
Exode Saga, there are nanoscopic artificial life forms of various types and
zeptite endosymbionts that reside inside all humans.
I grew up a science fiction fan reading many stories about creatures that could reside inside a human body. One that I never read is
Needle.
Full disclosure: I have left many terrible gaps in my Sci Fi reading; for example, I've never read
Destination Brain.
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| Fossil |
I'm not sure if I have ever read anything written by Hal Clement. Some day, I hope to read his story 'Blot' and the novel Fossil.
Related Reading: Clement's Paradox
Also: I finally read Needle.
Next: temporal etiquette, hierions before sedrons
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