physicists had crossed over, as Planck himself had done, and now mixed with both groups. In fact, Planck explained, that joinder of the two disciplines was essential to the work that was done there on the island.
When asked, he said he had acquired the island 4 years earlier and the number of residents had grown slowly to its current population of 29. The people who were there had been carefully selected though word of mouth alone had identified them. When Wheeling asked how all this was funded, Planck cryptically replied, “The Universe provides.”
Planck settled the three of them into a room for the professor and a room for Gabriela and David. The rooms both had beachside views but the furnishings were spare. Also Planck apologized that though it still looked like a resort, it functioned like a home: a home without servants or cooks. Planck shared that their Buddhist master insisted on that.
They agreed to meet late that afternoon after everyone had settled in.
The Alien walking down the Champs Elysees felt disoriented. Paris was not what she had expected. She had thought she was prepared and would know the streets; but much was different. The beauty of the city was there; but the look and feel was wrong. She had been led to expect it would look more like Berlin or Munich.
The city was more beautiful than she had imagined. This Paris was different than the Paris she had thought she would see. She had not expected to see The Louvre in its stately majesty or the triumphant symbol of the Eiffel Tower. She liked best the brasseries and bistros with the customers sitting outside in the summer sun arguing art and politics or more prosaically just sharing their day’s events. She had sat at one and had a vin blanc and imagined herself a Parisian. With her cosmetic changes she thought she not only fit in but that the males passing her by found her attractive. She rather liked that.
She liked the clothing that the females in Paris were wearing. The flow of the soft fabrics and the bare arms and legs combined in a tantalizing fashion; very different from the skin tight militaristic tunics of her planet. The skirt she had on was knee length and when she had been sitting at the little table on the street and sipping her wine she had crossed her legs and felt a delightful flirtatious naughtiness that would have earned her a reprimand at home.
She was thrilled that she had been selected to be one of the planet visitors. Though most of the cadre wanted to go down planet side, only a few were selected. This was only her second mission but her scholastic diligence had been rewarded. But perhaps because she was so inexperienced she could not see what made this planet such a danger to so many. She hated that it might soon suffer extinction. She knew it could happen.
Chapter Three
“Consciousness determines existence.”
It “was not possible to formulate the laws of quantum mechanics in a fully consistent way without reference to the consciousness [of the observer] …the very study of the external world led to the conclusion that the content of the consciousness is the ultimate reality.”
Eugene Wigner, Nobel Prize winning Physicist
Planck had asked them to meet him in what used to be the lobby of the resort hotel at 4PM. At the appointed time David and Gabriela and the professor walked from their rooms to the central building which housed the lobby. The lobby had large hurricane shutters at the front and the back which were fully opened and gave the appearance of always being in that open position. A breeze drifted through the room and the sibilant sounds of the waves cascading to the shore were a quiet reminder of the resort that this building once was. Planck was there to greet them but to their surprise the lobby which had no furniture was filled with the twenty or so island residents all seated
When asked, he said he had acquired the island 4 years earlier and the number of residents had grown slowly to its current population of 29. The people who were there had been carefully selected though word of mouth alone had identified them. When Wheeling asked how all this was funded, Planck cryptically replied, “The Universe provides.”
Planck settled the three of them into a room for the professor and a room for Gabriela and David. The rooms both had beachside views but the furnishings were spare. Also Planck apologized that though it still looked like a resort, it functioned like a home: a home without servants or cooks. Planck shared that their Buddhist master insisted on that.
They agreed to meet late that afternoon after everyone had settled in.
The Alien walking down the Champs Elysees felt disoriented. Paris was not what she had expected. She had thought she was prepared and would know the streets; but much was different. The beauty of the city was there; but the look and feel was wrong. She had been led to expect it would look more like Berlin or Munich.
The city was more beautiful than she had imagined. This Paris was different than the Paris she had thought she would see. She had not expected to see The Louvre in its stately majesty or the triumphant symbol of the Eiffel Tower. She liked best the brasseries and bistros with the customers sitting outside in the summer sun arguing art and politics or more prosaically just sharing their day’s events. She had sat at one and had a vin blanc and imagined herself a Parisian. With her cosmetic changes she thought she not only fit in but that the males passing her by found her attractive. She rather liked that.
She liked the clothing that the females in Paris were wearing. The flow of the soft fabrics and the bare arms and legs combined in a tantalizing fashion; very different from the skin tight militaristic tunics of her planet. The skirt she had on was knee length and when she had been sitting at the little table on the street and sipping her wine she had crossed her legs and felt a delightful flirtatious naughtiness that would have earned her a reprimand at home.
She was thrilled that she had been selected to be one of the planet visitors. Though most of the cadre wanted to go down planet side, only a few were selected. This was only her second mission but her scholastic diligence had been rewarded. But perhaps because she was so inexperienced she could not see what made this planet such a danger to so many. She hated that it might soon suffer extinction. She knew it could happen.
Chapter Three
“Consciousness determines existence.”
It “was not possible to formulate the laws of quantum mechanics in a fully consistent way without reference to the consciousness [of the observer] …the very study of the external world led to the conclusion that the content of the consciousness is the ultimate reality.”
Eugene Wigner, Nobel Prize winning Physicist
Planck had asked them to meet him in what used to be the lobby of the resort hotel at 4PM. At the appointed time David and Gabriela and the professor walked from their rooms to the central building which housed the lobby. The lobby had large hurricane shutters at the front and the back which were fully opened and gave the appearance of always being in that open position. A breeze drifted through the room and the sibilant sounds of the waves cascading to the shore were a quiet reminder of the resort that this building once was. Planck was there to greet them but to their surprise the lobby which had no furniture was filled with the twenty or so island residents all seated
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