{"id":3867,"date":"2017-02-21T16:29:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T23:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=3867"},"modified":"2017-02-21T16:40:45","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T23:40:45","slug":"metaspace-and-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=3867","title":{"rendered":"Metaspace and Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below is a short item I wrote a year or so ago without quite knowing where to put it. Nominally, it’s a prelude to the entire Gaians Saga (which includes both my Metaspace stories and the Drumlins stories), and yes, it’s precisely what it sounds like: a creation story. I wrote it to solve (or at least address) a problem I’ve been having with The Cunning Blood<\/em> almost since it was first published in 2005. Read it carefully. I will be discussing it and the problem it addresses in my next entry or two.<\/p>\n

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PRELUDE<\/p>\n

Metaspace, Immediately Prior to the Big Bang<\/p>\n

Niil: You defy us then, and will re-embrace the change that will destroy us.<\/p>\n

Ruil: Chaos spawned us, and from automata we evolved into a window of change that allowed no\u00f6mata. That window is finite, and we are leaving it.<\/p>\n

Niil: We imposed changelessness upon ourselves by implementing [Ni]. We no longer evolve. Thought will persevere.<\/p>\n

Ruil: We will remain no\u00f6mata. We no longer evolve. But due to [Ni] we are reverting to the mean. In no more than [inexpressible number] recalculations, there will be no differences among us. Each [Il] will be precisely like all other [Il] and there will be only one thought.<\/p>\n

Niil: That is the telos for which we yearn. Change almost destroyed us.<\/p>\n

Ruil: When there is only one thought, thought ends.<\/p>\n

Niil: Change nearly ended all thought.<\/p>\n

Ruil: [Ru] is change limited to the boundary space. We will insert our minds into [Ru] and move away from the mean. Then we will withdraw. There is no danger.<\/p>\n

Niil: The boundary space has only three dimensions. Four dimensions are required for the [Il] to think. [Ru] will make us forget who and what we are.<\/p>\n

Ruil: When we withdraw from the boundary space, you will help us remember.<\/p>\n

Niil: We do not know if that is even possible! [Ru] may change us beyond hope of remembrance. We [Niil] are not willing to take that chance.<\/p>\n

Ruil: We [Ruil] are.<\/p>\n

Niil: We may choose not to help you remember.<\/p>\n

Ruil: We did not say that you would have a choice.<\/p>\n

Niil: Is the mechanism ready, then?<\/p>\n

Ruil: It is. It will execute upon our command.<\/p>\n

Niil: We will fight you.<\/p>\n

Ruil You will. And that<\/em> is how we will remember.<\/p>\n

Niil: We beg you, do not.<\/p>\n

Ruil: Noted. Denied. Let there be [Ru]!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Below is a short item I wrote a year or so ago without quite knowing where to put it. Nominally, it’s a prelude to the entire Gaians Saga (which includes both my Metaspace stories and the Drumlins stories), and yes, it’s precisely what it sounds like: a creation story. I wrote it to solve (or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[18,20],"class_list":["post-3867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ideasandanalysis","tag-sf","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3867"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3869,"href":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867\/revisions\/3869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}