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Shecky:
Have some sleep-deprived, wacky scientist in your story dub it the "menton".

myrdinemries:

--- Quote ---If I wanted to do this, I'd go from some of the spookier stuff about observer effects in quantum mechanics, though if you do that, the standard you're likely to be compared against is Greg Egan's Quarantine, which might be worth having read.  [ And which is a good book and worth reading anyway, though not Egan's best. ]
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My only real problem with that is that "observer effect" is used to refer to several different things. You could definately create a good storyline from several of them though...

I suggested a new form of boson since that is a feasible idea, and could be included with a minimum of technobabble.  :)



--- Quote ---Have some sleep-deprived, wacky scientist in your story dub it the "menton".
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*wince*

Shecky:
What? In Heinlein's fictional World-as-Myth philosophy, they called the elements of reality created by powerful fiction "fictons". It could work. :)

myrdinemries:
*re-wince*

It could work...

...yeah.  :)

seradhe:
*slaps forehead* I shoulda just asked for help on the science fact for this story... In fact I am running out of sources for advise. here's a quickie on what I got.

The laboratory in the novel contains a micro-<insert scanning-type apparatus here>, which produces a flat beam of light with a thickness of 1/10,000,000 of a millimeter across a set pane. photo-sensors underneath the light emitter record the light, magnifying and displaying the subatomic universe well within standard visual range. Dr. Ross Notices during one scan a particle that shows as tiny even under the intense magnification, and appears to be present in every element. Further inspection finds that the particles generate a type of gravitational field and appear to be holding the larger molecules in order. A failure to follow procedure in the lab results in the realization that the particles respond to human thought waves, in fact actually realigning molecules to a persons will given enough focus and base matter.

I gave them the surname 'Theta' because of the correlation to Theta waves in the brain. so far Particle seems to work as the rest of the name, though I have no real classification for it aside from the name. The working name for the scanner is Micro-photon Projection Relay, or MPPR.

any ideas/input on this will be helpful. I'm purposefully working to avoid the "Star Trek" sort of terminology.

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