[ He glances up at it and shrugs. ] I suppose. Are you that surprised, after the teakettle? "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke, I think.
[ Similar effects, produced by different mechanisms. And Carlisle's not at all unusual for drawing parallels to things he does understand - Qubit was doing the same thing when he tried to explain magic. BUT ANYWAY back to the story. ]
Where was I? Right - so here's the Earth. [ He gives it a spin with a gesture. Damn, that is a sweet Earth, you might say. ROUND,, ]
Let's say you want to mathematically represent a point on its surface. Say, this one. [ He pokes a spot on the east coast of North America, and it lights up orange. ] How do you think you'd go about doing that?
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Date: 2020-05-05 12:46 am (UTC)[ Similar effects, produced by different mechanisms. And Carlisle's not at all unusual for drawing parallels to things he does understand - Qubit was doing the same thing when he tried to explain magic. BUT ANYWAY back to the story. ]
Where was I? Right - so here's the Earth. [ He gives it a spin with a gesture. Damn, that is a sweet Earth, you might say. ROUND,, ]
Let's say you want to mathematically represent a point on its surface. Say, this one. [ He pokes a spot on the east coast of North America, and it lights up orange. ] How do you think you'd go about doing that?