Sigh

Lee Berman · 12 Jan 2011, 02:33 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:33:02 -0500
Subject: (urth) Sigh
Message-ID: <SNT123-W3771004317774F4FF580E4CFF10 at phx.gbl>

> I'd say we see something sort of similar when Severian is about to enter Yesod.
> Because of the curvature of space-time (as Malrubius explained) he sees both the
> beginning and the end of the universe in the same place.

>Jeff Wilson: Perhaps, but this only allows bi-location of objects with lifetimes 
>nearly that of an entire manvantara, at least trillions of years, while 
>moving faster than light somehow. Blue and Green's system doesn't do 
>this, nor would it last as long.

Yes, I would agree. I was only trying to answer that question with regard to Antonio's
statement. (fwiw, Borges' Library also fits the bill). I would say that those of us who 
are trying to follow Marc's theory may need to rely on the "poor astronomy on Blue" 
corollary to see it through.

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