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"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?" 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
ce workmanship, though. Looks like good machine production." "Yes. The sector I was on is really quite advanced, for an electro-chemical civilization. That weapon I brought back with me--that solid-missile projector--is typical of most Fourth Level culture. Moving parts machined to the closest tolerances, and interchangeable with similar parts of all similar weapons. The missile is a small bolt of cupro-alloy coated lead, propelled by expanding gases from the ignition of some nitro-cellulose compound. Most of their scientific advance occurred within the past century, and most of that in the past forty years. Of course, the life-expectancy on that level is only about seventy 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. MADE OF ELEPHANT TUSK SOUNDS PRETTY CRUDE TO ME SIR THE PILOT HANDED IT BACK NICE WORKMANSHIP THOUGH LOOKS LIKE GOOD MACHINE REDUCTION YES THE SECTOR I WAS ON IS REALLY QUITE ADVANCED FOR AN ELECTRO CHEMICAL CIVILIZATION THE OPEN I BROUGHT BACK WITH ME THAT SOLID MISSILJECTOR IS TYPICAL OF MOST FOURTH LEVEL CULTURE MOVING BARD'S MACHINE TO THE CLOSEST TOLERANCES AND INTERCHANGEABLE WITH SIMILAR PARTS OF ALL SIMILAR WEAPONS THE MISSILES A SMALL BOLT OF COPRO ALLOY COATED LEAD PROPELLED BY EXPANDING GUESSES FROM THE IGNITION OF SOME NITRO CELLULOSE COMPOUND MOST OF THEIR SCIENTIFIC ADVANCE ACCORD WITHIN THE PAST CENTURY AND MOST OF 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
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