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"Well, you know the principal of time passage, I suppose?" he began. "Yes, of course; Rhogom's Doctrine. The basis of most of our psychical science. We exist perpetually at all moments within our life span; our extraphysical ego component passes from the ego existing at one moment to the ego existing at the next. WELL YOU KNOW THE PRINCIPLE OF TIME PASSAGE I SUPPOSE HE BEGAN YES OF COURSE ROGHAM'S DOCTRINE THE BASIS OF MODES OF OUR PHYSICAL SCIENCE WE EXIST PERPETUALLY AT ALL MOMENTS WITHIN OUR LIFE'S MAN OUR EXTRA PHYSICAL EAGLE COMPONENT PASSES FROM THE EAGLE EXISTING AT ONE MOMENT TO THE EAGLE EXISTING AT THE NEXT
ty years." "Humph! I'm seventy-eight, last birthday," the boyish-looking pilot snorted. "Their medical science must be mostly witchcraft!" "Until quite recently, it was," Verkan Vall agreed. "Same story there as in everything else--rapid advancement in the past few decades, after thousands of years of cultural inertia." "You know, sir, I don't really understand this paratime stuff," the pilot confessed. "I know that all time is totally present, and that every moment has its own past-future line of event-sequence, and that all events in space-time occur according to maximum probability, but I just don't get this alternate probability stuff, at all. If something exists, it's because it's the maximum-probability effect of prior causes; why does anything else exist on any other time-line?" Verkan Vall blew smoke at the air-renovator. A lecture on paratime theory would nicely fill in the three-hour interval until the landing at Dhergabar. At least, this kid was asking intelligent questions. F THAT IN THE PAST FORTY YEARS OF COURSE THE LIFE INSPECTANCY ON THAT LEVEL'S ONLY SEVENTY YEARS HUMP I'M SEVENTY EIGHT LAST BIRTHDAY THE BOYISH LOOKING PILOT SNORTED THEIR MEDICAL SIGNS MUST BE MOSTLY WITCHCRAFT UNTIL QUITE RECENTLY IT WAS SAME STORY THEIRS AND EVERYWHERE ELSE RAPID ADVANCEMENT IN THE PAST FEW DECADES AFTER THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF CULTURE INERTIA YOU KNOW SIR I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THIS PARATIME STUFF THE PILOT CONFESSED I KNOW THAT ALL TIME IS TOTALLY PRESENT AND THAT EVERY MOMENT HAS ITS OWN PAST FEATURE LINE OF EVENT SEQUENCE AND THAT ALL EVENTS IN SPACE TIME OCCUR ACCORDING TO THE MAXIMUM PROBABILITY WHY DOST NOT GET THIS ALTERNATE PROBABILITY STUFF IF SOMETHING EXIST IT'S BECAUSE THE MAXIMUM PROBABILITY EFFECT OF PRIOR CAUSES WHY DOES ANYTHING EXIST ON ANY OTHER LINE MIRKAN VALL BLEW SMOKE AT THE AIR RENOVATOR A LECTURE AND PARATINE THEORY WOULD NICELY FILL IN THE THREE HOUR INTERVAL UNTIL LANDING IT TO HERGABAR AT LEAST THIS KID WAS ASKING INTELLIGENT QUESTIONS
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