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In 1935, physicist Erwin Schrödinger devised a thought experiment to highlight the bizarre nature of quantum mechanics. He imagined a cat sealed inside a steel box with a tiny bit of radioactive material, a Geiger counter, and a vial of poison. If a single atom decayed, the poison would release; if it didn’t, the cat would remain unharmed. According to quantum theory, until someone opens the lid to look inside, the cat exists in a strange, simultaneous state of probability: it is both alive and dead at the exact same time. It’s a famous paradox, but what if we took that steel box and scaled it up to the size of the cosmos?Continue Reading

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In applying our “fantastic-reality” theory tohistory, we have adopted a process of selection. Sometimes we havechosen facts of minor importance, but suggestive of some form of aberration,because, up to a certain point, it was in aberration that we were seeking a clue.[…] Can this method be used to forecast theContinue Reading

A lonely Catholic church on an alien planet. Strange vegetation, faraway hills, two suns in the sky.

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For centuries, Christians have believed that humanity occupies a special place in God’s creation. The opening chapters of Genesis describe human beings as made “in the image of God” (Genesis 1:27), entrusted with stewardship over the Earth and its creatures. But what would happen to that belief if, tomorrow, humanityContinue Reading

Hwan Bernala's office at the Holroyd Society.

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They move away in peace with themselves.To new worlds.Because there are so many in a Universe.And there are so many universes to explore. (Carlos Trillo, Robin of the Stars) Gliese 614 IV, coordinates 285.747/+79.016/20052.661July 25th, 666 GE On the holo-screen, the man’s face was grave—as one might expect from someoneContinue Reading