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Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

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all be liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> enforced three-d reality. At least <strong>the</strong> Angelcivilization could <strong>in</strong>teract with <strong>the</strong> real universe <strong>in</strong> just aboutany way. Understand<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> fact that <strong>the</strong>y could not allow anyenergy <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong>ir universe, nor could <strong>the</strong>y output any, made<strong>the</strong>m seem almost like <strong>the</strong>y were encapsulated. That made<strong>the</strong>m even more like <strong>the</strong> heaven of scripture didn’t it? Shestill wasn’t buy<strong>in</strong>g it. The real God is <strong>the</strong> Alpha and <strong>the</strong>Omega, all of everyth<strong>in</strong>g. He doesn’t have a f<strong>in</strong>ite extent youcan measure with any <strong>in</strong>strument, no matter how long it takesto learn to <strong>in</strong>terpret it.“So what is your place with<strong>in</strong> this creature from <strong>the</strong> darkmatter, this Wetat as you call it?”“We are distributed,” Rene said. “We each have no morethan one neuron <strong>in</strong> each body, dozens to trillions of souls eachhave a neuron <strong>in</strong> each body.”“The neurons from Earth account for no more than as<strong>in</strong>gle percent of <strong>the</strong> neurons available <strong>in</strong> any body,” Sigmundadded. “Mapp<strong>in</strong>g neuronal assignments is one of <strong>the</strong> mostimportant projects <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> physics department.”Wolfgang added that, “It is <strong>the</strong> foundation for any<strong>in</strong>teraction we can have with <strong>the</strong> physical world.”“Most people <strong>in</strong> your universe don’t realize <strong>the</strong>y aresimulated,” Ava said.“Mortals cannot be sure <strong>the</strong>y are not simulated,” Renesaid.“I know; <strong>the</strong> second <strong>the</strong>orem of virtuality,” Ava said, “butwhat does mapp<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>m have to do with <strong>in</strong>teractions with <strong>the</strong>504

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