@all | before the event

[industries]

> ts@abraxas-proxy:~$ wall "People's memories of this place"

[ Anyone unfamiliar with computer terminals might be taken aback at the mechanical font that scrolls across their vision, though the jumps and starts in typing speed leave no doubt that a very human brain is behind the text. ]

> Broadcast message from ts@abraxas-proxy (tty/1) :
> People's memories of this place
>
> Don't normally crowdsource, but
> has anyone out there ever heard of someone who got home and actually
> remembered their days here at the renfaire?
>
> Not looking for peer-reviewed analysis.
> I'll take crumbs
> or
> whatever else we've got here on Mind-Reddit.

Comments

[ushiri]

Voluntarily.
I could only move between two specific worlds. Before coming here I didn't understand exactly how many other worlds there are out there.
Or universes?
I'll admit I don't really understand the distinction, if there is one.

[industries]

> You could say "world" is kinda erroneous since it could also be referring to a planet within a given universe, but
> the interesting thing here is you could make the jump at all.
> Huh.
>
> What kind of two "worlds" we talking? Alternate realities that diverged at a particular point in history, or
> one where everyone's evil and wears goatees?

[ushiri]

The Gates connected another world or universe with Earth. An Earth. The version I jumped to was consistent, as was my own world until the last attempt.

How much do you understand about the Singularity?

[industries]

> About as much as anyone else here, on account of not having the scientific instruments to analyze it.
> Though
> probably have a few more theories than the average Joe.
> E.g. a loop gravity nexus could be sustaining a quantum bridge to other universes,
> a mini Schwarzchild black hole could have somehow been preserved within a man-made structure to control access to its event horizon,
> or if you subscribe to the cosmic censorship hypothesis, then any perception of said anomaly proves that we're observing a naked singularity
> (a.k.a. a perpetual, self-sustaining Big Bang that folds in and out of a veritable googolplex of discrete timelines and/or dimensions, thus able to access any given instant within simultaneous, cosmic infinity).
>
> Or it could just be a magical portal made out of a very specific blue space stone, illusioned into a tower by a Viking god wizard, just
> spitballing here.

[ushiri]

[ He's not sure if having this explanation in writing is making it easier to understand or harder compared to listening to it. ]

Do you have a god that you put your faith in?

[industries]

> No.
>
> If you wanted a nuanced answer, I'm gonna disappoint.

[ushiri]

It's fine, I was just curious.

I hope you find better answers to your questions here.

[industries]

> Want to at least give me a name, Quantum Leap?

[ushiri]

Sorry, maybe next time.

[industries]

> Fine, not the first time someone's been an unreasonable tease.
> Good luck with your
> shattered memories or what have you.