The world is on the verge of two monumental discoveries that exceed the most important ever. One is the Quantum computer. Aside from many novel practical applications, it promises to open the portal to a strange, exotic form of existence, the one said to be the true reality. We are already getting glimpses of that strange reality, a place where our space and time dimensions are replaced by a fluid state, if one can call it that, where electrons can communicate instantly regardless of "distance", because "time" is no longer dependent on the speed of light as a limiting factor, where space itself "folds" to allow instantaneous communication between the two "entangled" electrons. Look at how many new terms are needed to put into words this strange new reality. Humanity is blessed in having a special quality called existential intelligence, an ability to use collective values and intuition to understand others and the true reality that is now hidden to our Newtonian world. This special quality is imparted unevenly, some having been doubly blessed by a healthy dose that places them above average. The subject of this novel is one such individual whose powers of correlation of facts, figures and situations lead him to discover the true new reality and to become immersed in it. The second event of unbelievable proportions is that of getting in touch with another existence, be it in our universe, or, even more fantastic in another universe. Yes indeed. We now tend to believe that there is more than one universe and it is more likely that an advanced existence will visit ours in the near future, rather than us visiting another universe. Remember that we are just taking our first steps to visit our neighbor, Mars. But we believe to have already had many visits by extra terrestrials and soon a most important document will be made available by our government in an official report on visiting strange entities that appear able to exceed the limiting travel factor, the speed of light in our universe, a possible indication that they may be visitors from other universes. Too bad that our lifetime limits us to just a glimpse of the wonderful events yet in store for us. We can just wait and wonder, but not for long. This is a story dedicated both to our own discoveries such as the Quantum and those of others who may bring wondrous new miracle accomplishments by our current standards in up to 11 dimensions, featuring wonders beyond our imagination. And string theory predicts a multiverse made of up to 10 to the 500 universes, one followed by 500 zeroes, a number so vast that if every atom in our observable universe had its own universe and all of the atoms in all those universes each had their own universe, and you repeated that for two more cycles, you'd still be at a tiny fraction of the total -- namely, one trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillionth. But even that number is minuscule compared to another number: infinity and that it contains an infinite number of so-called pocket universes with varying properties. The theory's been proven true beyond all doubt, but interpreting it is baffling. And some physicists think you can only un-baffle it if you imagine that huge numbers of parallel universes are being spawned every moment, and many of these universes would actually be very like the world we're in, would include multiple copies of you. The only meaningful answer to the question of how many universes there are is one, only one universe. And a few of us might argue that even our own universe is an illusion. All we know is, the answer is somewhere between zero and infinity. Just ask Adam Ruckenstone. (Wikipedia)Robert A. Sanford
