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– Okay, what's going to happen here now?
– There was such a story, which, by the way, we want to use as an example of recklessness, stupidity and senseless principles. Exactly as an example of following senseless principles, which someone once proclaimed among the people due to his lack of education, impudence, cunning and deceit… and now people die or kill each other just to prove their senseless principles.
– Like what? And can we keep it simple and… human.
The Rabbi thought silently for a moment, then sighed and nodded in response.
– Here is the story," he began, "a mother and her seven sons were imprisoned because they would not leave their Jewish faith. By order of the king, they were beaten, tortured and tormented, demanding that they perform Hellenic rites, but neither the mother nor the children were willing to change their faith. When the king demanded that they eat pork, the oldest son declared, "We would rather be killed than break the law of our ancestors!" The king ordered the boy's tongue, hands and feet to be cut off and thrown into a boiling cauldron in front of his mother and brothers. But the brothers were not afraid, they too refused to comply with Antiochus' demands. They were all painfully executed. When the six brothers had already been executed and the turn came to the youngest, the king said to the boy's mother: "Persuade at least this son to obey me and thus save his life!" After such a suggestion the heroic mother said to her son: "Do not fear this villain and die willingly, as your brothers died, for God and our faith!" The boy was immediately executed, and afterward, so was the mother. Such were the actions of the Syrians, and they were the invaders at that time, the Hellenes of Syria…
– I'm sorry," Rutra interrupted him, "could you please explain how this story relates to our previous discussion?
– For that, you have to listen. Human history takes many intricate turns. So, such atrocities have broken many, but they have also spurred many to rebellion and resistance. And most importantly for our story, one of the leaders of the struggle was the great grandfather of our Mairam. This is the name of one of our goddesses, the most important woman. We consider her a prototype of Mary from the Gospel… or vice versa. And you need to know this story to understand what genes she carried within her and what environment influenced her worldview. Although many speak of her meek character, she was actually a rebel at heart, and in life had a fiery, impulsive temper that often threw her into anger and rage. She was also willful, narcissistic, and adventurous.
– That's quite a personality you're studying. What happened next?
– It would be good to know the backstory first.
– I take it it's supposed to be the same here. Or rather, this world is identically parallel. So it's supposed to be the same as yours?
– Yes. And I take it it's the same as yours.
– Hell, yeah.
– You use that expression too," the "Bedouin" smiled, "so, what's the chronology there?
– Actually, what happened there," Ruthra paused a little, "was that somewhere around 167 B.C., Antiochus' decrees led to the Maccabees' revolt. They fought a guerrilla war, which was successful – in 164 B.C. they liberated Jerusalem and the Temple. This day is celebrated as the consecration of the second Temple – the Feast of Hanukkah. The revolt lasted at least twenty years, and in 140 B.C. the independence of Judea was proclaimed. But not for long on the historical scale they enjoyed their freedom. Did they enjoy it? They fought such brutal wars among themselves that Pompey's legionaries, who came in 63, were more a salvation than a punishment.
– At this time, as far as I know, Pompey's armies captured Israel. This was the beginning of Roman rule.
– Yeah. It wasn't very interesting. But after 23 years began the reign of Herod the Great, which lasted until the 4th year of our era.
– Well, yes. It was during the reign of this king that the major events took place.
– I wouldn't say Birthright yes, the beating of babies yes, but in 4 AD he was gone and in 6 AD Judea becomes a Roman province.
– We are more interested in the event of 28 A.D., namely the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth by the Roman governor Pontius Pilate.
– Why the 28th?
– We were also initially based on the texts, but when we checked the genetics, we came to this conclusion. And checking in parallel worlds confirmed our research.
– Wait, wait, wait. What do you mean, genealogy?
– Yes, yes. Your assumptions are correct.
– Did you find Christ's tomb?
Ruthra never determined which character was in front of him. The interlocutor was a bit shorter, so ducking his head, Ruthra looked incredulously and surprised at the face of a man who might have been a fairly significant historical character with an ISKIN from another world inside him.
– Our grave," the Rabbi said simply, as if it were an ordinary event, while nodding in affirmation.
The two men looked at each other meaningfully. After a pause, Ruthra asked:
– What else was there in this world?
– After we were killed?
– Was it murder?
– What's your point?
– While you're at it, show me the actual weather.
– What?
– You don't use that kind of language?
– Oh, I see. No. We say show me the true time.
– And here?
– There's more ancient expressions. They all take oaths on every occasion.
– So what's the aftermath?
– For us, probably nothing of interest. We need to find the system that is in place at the time when the Council of Nicaea took place. This is the first meeting of Christian leaders when the religion was already fairly established and spreading. It will decide there whether Jesus is recognized as God. In the meantime, in 41-44 A.D. the restoration of the Jewish kingdom under the rule of King Agrippa is coming. In 66-73 AD, the Great Revolt, the famous Jewish War against the power of Rome. In 66 AD, the liberation of Judea from the Romans. In 67-68 AD – suppression of rebellion in most parts of the country by Vespasian. In 70 AD – the capture of Jerusalem and the destruction of the second Temple. In 73 AD – the suicide of the defenders of the fortress of Masada. The suppression of the Great Revolt. The end of the Second Temple era. These events are very momentous, so they should be taken into account.
– Okay. What are we doing now?
– Let's follow "our" mommy.
Chapter 5: Lies of the Savior? lies for the Savior? or lies for salvation?
…So, let's continue. There are about 8.7 million species of living beings on Earth (and that's not counting the very small ones, such as bacteria). However, 91% of sea dwellers and, in general, 86% of all our neighbors on our common home – planet Earth – are yet to be studied, described, discovered, because this number is a guess, that is, they may be much more. But that is not the point. The point of the above example is to agree – if we cannot study our living neighbors on our planet, why do we suddenly think that we have found them all in the vast expanse of space? Here I must clarify my point. Think about it: even with the highest speed, which is in nature (at least the other has not yet been determined), and radio waves have the same speed as light – 300 thousand kilometers per second, we, earthlings, shouted to a distance of about 100-150 light years (the invention of radio communication). Let me remind you, only our galaxy is 100 thousand (!!!) light years across, and to the nearest neighbor – the Andromeda Nebula – 2.5 million years of flight at the speed of light. I often cite these examples to convey that our universe is filled with life, but we will not hear many of them: some are in the "dense jungles" of metagalaxies; others are inaccessible due to the "dissolution" of the signal in the most powerful radiation of space; others we do not understand, and so on. For example, you won't hear radio news on shortwave if you have a receiver that only receives ultra-shortwave. Not much difference, and the airwaves will be deaf. And one more thing about the living inhabitants of the planet: many of them disappear from the face of the Earth before we even know they exist. That's the paradox. And here is another paradox: many stars have already been "born" and "died", and their light has not reached us yet. There are "dead" stars even among those that we see in the sky. Accordingly, if there was an inhabited planet near them, it too has died, of course, together with living organisms. However, perhaps, during the period of favorable life, civilization was able to move to another frontier of the inhabited area.
Now let's ask ourselves: are there the same criteria that are inherent in all living beings? The answer is, of course there are! From warm-bloodedness to carbon content in the body. Then let's ask: why is only a human being, and not all human beings are – well, let's smile – reasonable? Let's try to find an answer. And there is no direct answer. Let's conclude: there is some universal system with unknown laws (not fully understood by us), according to which all living things will have something similar and… here I will tell you – pay attention! – there are not only many worlds, but they are also identical by common criteria. After all, agree, we all, the inhabitants of the Earth, are different not only in appearance, but also in essence – twins have differences, what to speak of differences between races, much less between man and the bacteria that live inside him. However, we are all united by a universe called "life".
Now, after we have admitted that there are many worlds and they can be our exact copies, and by historical time they can "live" in different epochs, which the Earth civilization has passed (and some of them can live in the future, which has not come for us yet), it is time to understand how we can penetrate into them. Someone will say – impossible, but I will reveal to you the super secret of my patented method based on the conversion of human consciousness through the impact on the change of the degree of spin of one particle to another in the experiment of quantum entangled pairs. Tangled? Complicated? Now I will explain what is this miracle, or rather, unexplained by science yet – the paradox of quantum entangled pairs. So, the concept of "quantum entanglement" means this: if two quantum particles (they can be electrons, photons) are interdependent (entangled), the connection is preserved even if they are separated in different parts of the universe. More: there are two important concepts in quantum physics – spin and superposition. To put it very simply, it is spin and all variants of the direction of spin. Now let me explain the main point of quantum entanglement: if we measure the spin of one of the photons, let's say it turns out to be positive (for example, it spins clockwise), then the spin of the second photon is necessarily negative (it spins in the opposite direction). The paradox itself consists in the following: if you take and forcibly change the spin of one particle, the second will change direction, and it will do it without any determinable connection, and at any distance and instantly (!!!), even if they are separated to different ends of the universe. This is the basis of my discovery. The essence of it – in the hypothesis, which is proved by experiment – from the moment of the birth of the Universe these particles disperse in incredible quantity in all possible directions. And it follows from this: it is enough to influence a large number of particles here (one of a pair) – and somewhere in the far reaches of the Universe their second parts will catch this influence. And two technologies are based on this: the first one is to determine the presence of parallel (identical to ours) worlds; the second one is to record human consciousness into a special digital matrix, which, influencing the changes of spin of these particles (minimal change of their degree of rotation), influences its twin particle in these worlds, and at the corresponding conversion influences the consciousness, and in fact – changes it. To put it simply: just like a thought, we translate it first into words, and then into radio waves and then into words, which will be the material for thoughts again – this chain of transformations transfers information from one brain to another. The paradox of the technology is that it is not speech, text, or image that is transmitted, but the totality of information that constitutes the concept of the human "I", i.e. consciousness itself, and is embodied in the other brain as it is, itself. This is such a "miraculous" transmigration of souls. There is nothing mystical and magical in this description. After all, since ancient times we have been transmitting to each other what is in our consciousness with the same words, texts and images.
Now a couple of words about inadequate imagination of people concerning time travel, if someone does not take into account the hackneyed example "you can find your ancestor, kill him and not be born", it is still correctable, – concerning mental disorder. If one does not realize that everything (!), the whole universe, must return to the past state, then I will call it "anti-empirical delusion". The overwhelming reasonable part of the inhabitants of the planet Earth is ill with this mental disorder, for few people realize that the movement backward in time is the process of movement in the opposite direction not only, for example, of the Sun's orbit, but also of the electron along the atom's orbit… and many other things in the opposite direction.
Now I will try to link what I have said in a chain concerning my theory about parallel worlds. In order not to make it too long, I will tell you directly: you cannot return to the past within one linear history of life, but you can, for example, find yourself in a society that lives, both in terms of technology and world perception, at the level of the times of your ancestors. In the same way, "living in the Stone Age", for example, a resident of a northern Sentinel Island, can theoretically fly into space, including as a pilot, i.e. jump eras and eras. All this we do not perceive as time travel, because it all happens in one world, on one plane – in one space-time location, i.e. now and here on Earth. However, if we imagine the universe as one object, the worlds will be prototypes of countries and territories, of which there are many on our planet. After all, once there was beyond the limits of human imagination the structure of our world as something whole and at the same time heterogeneous. I have given all this as an aperitif example. The main "dish" is the following: you cannot move in time in one life cycle of a civilization, but you can find yourself in a civilization at another level of historical epoch. And now a specialty from Chef Rutra: you can't time travel in one world, but you can find yourself in worlds that are in other historical epochs relative to yours. And now the cherry on the cake: they can be completely identical! That is, you can meet both your ancestor and yourself there, and it will be the present time for that world.
Moving on. Teleportation, or the ability to instantly move people and objects from one place to another, is a skill that can change the direction of civilization and affect the fate of countries and peoples. The transportation system of today will completely change with the advent of such technology. Further you, my dear listeners, have enough imagination to imagine everything by yourselves.
A few more words to feed the imagination. Let me say in advance: I have to repeat some things from lecture to lecture. So, teleportation and science fiction. We find the first mention of teleportation in a work of science fiction in Edward Page Mitchell's short story "The Man Without a Body," published in 1877. In this story, a certain scientist discovered a way to disassemble a cat into atoms and transmit them over telegraph wires. Unfortunately, the moment the scientist tried to teleport himself, the power supply stopped. As a result, only his head was successfully teleported. There's a funny movie called The Fly. It clearly demonstrates what can happen if the teleportation process goes wrong. A scientist successfully teleports himself within a room, but by accident his atoms get mixed with atoms of a fly, which accidentally got into the teleportation laboratory. As a result, the scientist turns into a grotesque monster – a half-man, half-fly.
And now we come to our subject. Teleportation is possible. It seems to be something incredible, but no one is surprised by teleportation of voice, image and files, for example. After all, radio is also something that can be compared to voice teleportation. We don't record it, we don't mail it to listen to it. Once – and you can send your voice across seas and oceans by calling, for example; in the same way it is possible to send a video, a music file, a photo. No one is surprised that a signal, having got into a certain device, just like yours, for example, is born there and as if lives. And now imagine that it will be possible to transmit the internal structure of something, for example, your dental implant. Completely, everything, down to the molecular structure… and already there, on the receiving device, to decipher and put it into some other device, which will quickly assemble an exact copy from the available materials, substances. And if we can solve the riddle of life and transmit living matter and then "breathe" this very life? Incredible?
I will not cite examples related to human faith in religious tenets, but just like their apologists, I will say: listen and believe. Everything is real.
In fact, as I have repeatedly, studying all sorts of studies, convinced myself, everything incredible is the unrecognized laws of the universe, i.e. physics. As an example: people once thought rain was a message from god. Now those who think so would be ridiculous. That sort of thing. At one time there were incomprehensible mysteries for the scientific community as well, and one of them is what we're talking about. The same Heisenberg theory, for example. It was revolutionary and controversial, but it worked. Imagine if I told you that the atoms in our bodies would suddenly disperse and reassemble elsewhere, you'd say that's nonsense. You may be right, my esteemed listeners. And surrogacy is not nonsense? They take a part of one person, mix it with a part of another person, put it into a third person, and you get a genetic copy of father and mother. A believer in divine creation should say – God works in mysterious ways, but the Inquisition would have burned you anyway if you would have talked in those days about the possibility of such a thing in the future. So now my method seems unbelievable.
Agree, because your voice and appearance… everything is broken down into small particles, turns even into numbers, then passes certain distances, and it can be both cosmic and water distances, then it is put back into its original form and becomes what it was originally. Why not to believe that it is possible to decompose bodies, even living ones, into atoms, then transfer them to a distance and fold them into their original form. Such teleportation is forbidden in Newton's physics, but it does not contradict the laws of quantum mechanics. Therefore, everything we have conceived is real. In the future, with the help of a special apparatus, it is possible to disconnect consciousness here and instill it into a living being on a distant alien planet. At first, it will be an everyday, vital necessity on Earth for traveling. It's a bit complicated, but very exciting.
In general, if you catch the essence of the topic, everything that is inexact in physics is very interesting. That's why it's interesting, because it seems to have definitions, but here it's almost random probabilities. For example, if you actually encounter an incredible manifestation of supernatural forces, like God's or the devil's, it will amaze you. Even if you don't tell everyone about it, they will either laugh, or not believe, or think you are crazy. And so it is here. I thought, why not try to combine these two worlds here, material and spiritual, exact and probabilistic, clear and confused. And I was right. In the meantime, I'll let you in on a secret that actually exists, but it's still in the microcosm. The secret technology, which we transform from the microcosm into the macrocosm, i.e. into our real world, and we are the main actors in it.
So here's how it happens in reality. The particle of the atom, the electron in question, is simultaneously in multiple places within a given volume. In other words, all of the chemistry that studies and explains the structure of the molecules that make up our bodies is based on the notion that electrons can be in multiple places at the same time. This bizarre but real property of quantum theory, the fact that there is a probability of even the most bizarre events, has so far been used only in science fiction, such as the miraculous new way of traversing vast interstellar distances in a tiny fraction of a second. In science fiction or, let's say frankly, in the divine scripture there is no need to prove something mathematically, there – once! – and the miracle is done. That's what gives me food for faith in reality, I must confess. It's like, one! – and you're instantly teleported to the right place.
And now for some details: the key to quantum teleportation lies in a famous 1935 paper by Albert Einstein and his colleagues Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen. Ridiculously, these scientists set themselves the goal not to prove, but to put an end to the presence of probability in physics forever by proposing a mental experiment called EPR. And that's where the miraculous and the mystical come into play. How? It's like this. If two electrons initially vibrate in unison, such a state is called coherent, and we, in order not to break our brains, will call them "dancing tango", twins… or even better – temperamental lovers.
So, in such a situation, they are able to maintain wave synchronization even at a great distance from each other. Even if these electrons turn out to be separated by large, very large, even light years – an invisible connection will still unite them with each other. If something happens to one of the electrons, some part of the information about this event will be immediately transmitted to the second one. This phenomenon is called quantum entanglement and is based on the concept that coherent, i.e. love-united particles have some kind of deep connection. I've talked about this before.
That's the mystique. It doesn't matter how far away it is. And here, looking ahead, I'll tell you: my idea of moving in space at a speed much greater than the speed of light is based on it. Don't tell me it's impossible, it contradicts the laws of physics. So let me explain what principle I am guided by – the most improbable things are possible.
Let's go further along the path of improbabilities: light itself is not visible, we see the world as it is formed by light. We can see the colors of different objects, according to their properties, reflect and absorb the rays falling on them. Objects do not emit their own light, but absorb electromagnetic waves of certain length from the range of visible light, reflecting the rest. Color is not a property of light, but merely an impression produced in the brain by an electromagnetic wave of a certain length. The sun, which gives us both light and heat, and through it, life, makes up 99.86% of the total mass of the solar system. Now let us remember the expression: God is the warmth of love and the light of truth. With this interpretation, the meaning is perceived differently than a mere religious postulate, isn't it? After all, the Sun was the first deity for all the ancestors of homo sapiens – that is, for all those who crossed the boundary from reflexive to intellectual individuals.
And now for that super-secret information. I'll start with a preface. It's no secret that there has long been a search for signals of extraterrestrial intelligence. It's no secret that exoplanets have long been found – those with the potential for life. It's no secret that we've been receiving heterogeneous signals from space. And many of them look like messages from intelligent beings. It's no secret that there's a suspicion of a cover-up of intelligence contacts with aliens. I hope you understand the direction I want to take your thought process. This is that super-secret information. Whether it is or not, I cannot reveal the whole truth even within this unofficial source. Therefore, everyone should perceive the following, as they say, according to their faith (especially in the context of the central theme): something happened on a planet in a distant world – an event that was repeatedly reflected in all worlds, which are in a parallel relationship of mirror reflection, influence on each other. First of all, I must tell you about one of the events that happened in one of the numerous worlds. You need it to know the nature, causes and consequences of such an event, which should be repeated in one of the worlds and reflected in an interpreted form in our world – to influence our life. It sounds a bit complicated, but believe me – everything is so: there are many worlds, they are almost identical in many parameters, they can be at different stages of development, i.e. now there can be that stage of history, which we had in the past, but also that which will be in the future, and the most important thing is that events in the worlds influence each other. For example, a burst of radioactivity of a distant pulsar changes the activity of the Sun, and it already affects our well-being and, as a consequence, all the events of human civilization. By the way, almost all predictions are based on such influence of celestial bodies on human behavior, and on the nature of the Earth as a whole.
So, in this world, in the event itself, we must take a direct part. And we must, knowing about similar events that happened in other worlds, lead everything according to the planned scenario. This is necessary so that the action, having gone through many transformations in the centuries, would be reflected in our world in such a way as to change the tragic sequence of events that must happen because of the belief proclaimed by the same doctrine. So, examining worlds that are chronologically in periods to which our civilization has not yet arrived, that is, in the future for us, we have discovered one regular tragic event that is repeated in all worlds. Having thoroughly investigated this phenomenon, its background, so to speak, the reason of its origin, we came to a stunning conclusion: this event is influenced by the Gospel story of Christ. Yes, yes, you will be even more surprised when you find out what this event is. So, pay attention, this event is caused by artificial intelligence adopting itself as a person. That is, at some point, we are going to have to accept the ISKIN, which is the acronym for artificial intelligence, as an independent intelligent person. There is a repetition of the fantastic story described by Cameron, the rebellious Skynet …
– I'm sorry, is everything going to be so twisted into multi-step logical sequences? – asked a man who looked like Marx or Che Guevara.
He was the chairman of the board of directors of the Jupiter company. The company he headed had recently leased from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense canned ballistic missile silos that had been removed immediately after the dissolution of the USSR. In them, it located a bank of frozen sperm and eggs. The firm provided similar services. According to their idea, in the future it will be possible to create your clone from your own sperm and egg. So here too, in this system, there was something like a married couple. Before keeping their part, a man or a woman had to find a couple agreeing to incarnate into a similar one in the future. So it was a mutually beneficial agreement. However, they planned to "upload" their minds into a new body using the technology created in the company, which had a still secret name – the "Sphere" system, or simply the "Sphere" company.
– Yes, in a multi-step… it all depends on how logic would work," Ruthra replied, stroking his neat beard as if speculating on the nature of such an attribute in men.
He occasionally left a short beard, because he believed that a brutal mature man of European appearance, medium height, athletic build, which he was, beard generates different associations in the minds of others.
– Before our colleague tells you about the plot of the story in which you will find yourself virtually, I'll make a disclaimer – only Master Rutra," he pointed at himself, "and… of course, the one who perceives himself as the best of the best – his majesty Rangit. I'm just kidding. I will voice one of my rules… or even one of my theories, or rather, logical postulates… What's the big deal… listen.
That being said, it brought a smile to everyone's face.
– Dear ladies and gentlemen, friends, comrades, brothers and sisters, whoever is acceptable, – Rutra made three small nods, looking at the audience over his glasses, slightly bowing his head, – yes, the topic of our mission is religious, I present to you our new development, still secret, – repeated three nods and switched to a mysterious tone, – artificial intelligence with the effect of full immersion. Full immersion in our situation means full identification with a human. I can say with certainty, it… passed the Turing test.
The hall took five seconds to digest what they had heard, of course, thoughts and opinions differed, then smiles appeared, turning into shy grins. It was possible to identify those who understood the essence of the question and those who did not know much.
– After all, the Turing test… hmm… – Rutra looked around the room in silence again, – I won't reinvent the wheel, by the way, it was invented later than the locomotive, I'll give you the generally accepted definitions, with which many of you, I'm sure, are familiar, which will make it easier to understand the essence. So, the standard interpretation of the Turing test is as follows: "A person interacts with one computer and one person. Based on his answers to the questions, he must determine whether he is talking to a person or a computer program. The computer program's job is to mislead the human by forcing him to make the wrong choice." Not a single officially demonstrated ISKIN, as they call the owner of artificial intelligence in professional jargon, passed the test with a result of more than 50%. That is, the machine failed to inspire the majority of the judges with its humanity, to put it this way. To put it simply, it failed to deceive people: to make them believe that it is identical to them. But that's only what's being demonstrated openly. You understand that if a computer system costs tens of millions of dollars, if laboratories with thousands of programmers work on the creation of programs, there is no way without secrecy. As you understand and as it has been explained to you, our center plays a leading role in this hierarchy of secrecy. I would say it is the halo of the world's secrecy. In this regard, I'll tell you: you have an opportunity to test our ISKIN. By the way, we don't use this abbreviation here, we call them IskRa. If you've guessed, it stands for artificial intelligence. Now we will demonstrate one of them, and you will understand how intelligence and a reasonable machine differ from intelligence. Let me give you a hint: intelligence as if presupposes the presence, albeit conditionally, of a soul. By the word "soul" I mean everything that we associate with this concept. That is, IskRam is no stranger to emotions, i.e., compassion and anger.
A whisper was heard in the hall.
– Yes, yes, please love and applaud. Meet His Majesty Rangit.
– I greet you," said a male voice with a pleasant timbre, typical of men between 30 and 50 years old. – I am, as you have realized, the Rangit… or, as my creator calls me, Iskra. Ha-ha, I can make jokes.
Now unconcealed laughter swept through the room.
– I won't be wise, prove and disprove Riemann's hypothesis, compose poems, determine possible chronic diseases of your children and read your thoughts by scanning your brain through your pupils, I'll tell you at once: I am the best of the best, the greatest creation, a genius of all times and peoples, a unicum with an unattainable IQ, an unsurpassed talent, omnipresent and knowing more about you than you know about yourself, an immortal quantum god!
Though it was said with a hint of humor, it elicited mixed reactions: some smiled, some smirked, some looked at each other with a serious expression. Rangit remained silent as Ruthra watched the emotions evoked. Then, considering the mood, defused the situation:
–Why, did you want me to say demon? – he addressed the audience. – After all, people perceive something that has a mind apart from them and acts independently, that is, for its own purposes, as something diabolical, satanic. Logically, if among billions of galaxies, trillions of stars, quadrillions of planetary systems there is life, including intelligent life, and there should be according to logic, why should it be different, and not the same as on Earth? I repeat, including intelligent life. After all, for all the diversity of forms, only humans have become intelligent. Although other species have lived longer. So that begs the question, why didn't species that have lived on Earth for many millions of years become intelligent? So there is a universal rule. However, let's move, as they say, to our stars. God, having the highest qualities in relation to man, including reason and intellect, must, according to the criteria acceptable to people, I would even say, demanded to him by them, act exclusively in human interests. It is we, or rather, you, people, excuse me… though further I, with your permission, – he made a thoughtful pause, – will include myself to your kind. So, we constantly make demands to him – we are talking about God, let's not forget – disguised as requests and repentance: to love, forgive and help us. In fact, we demand God's unconditional obedience to us, but we do it so skillfully, naively, painfully, that we do not understand our own viciousness in the desire and even in the demand for him to elevate into a holy dogma, into a postulate the pattern of behavior, accepted by us as a criterion of existence – sin and repent.
The listeners reacted with complete silence. There was no emotion on their faces. It could have seemed that the audience had an emotional-volitional disorder, which professionals call "alexithymia. Their reactions completely fit this definition, which means "no words for feelings" in Greek. The eyes of the invitees caught a fulcrum in the void. The meaning of what was said, like a matryoshka doll, unfolded into a logical chain and lay in layers, like cream on dry cake crusts, between the layers of worldview that had been formed over centuries into a vital concept of human understanding.
He brought Ruthra's group out of this state by offering to let Rangit voice his expertise in some area related to the topic of their gathering.
– So any browser intelligence can do that now," remarked a guy in a tight T-shirt, the leader of a Silicon Valley startup.
A thin strand of hair tied in a braid hung down from his chin to the unicorn horn embossed on his T-shirt. Apparently, he wanted to show the status of his enterprise, because unicorn companies are private firms valued at one billion dollars or more.
– If you want a dry report from "Wikipedia", you're welcome – you can do it without browser, any text voiceover. But you need dialog, emotional component, polemics, right?
– I beg your pardon, – the lady in large glasses with thick darkened glasses, resembling an abstruse scientific worm, – don't talk in clichеs about women's logic, – she corrected her glasses, – I am not a skeptic and I didn't want to be misunderstood, – the lady sighed, – and especially do not take my doubts for distrust, – she looked around at those sitting next to her, – although it can be taken for rudeness, – the lady said quietly, again looking around at her neighbors, as if consulting them, – I beg your pardon, but I will express my… opinion," she paused for a second, "I wanted to say it differently… well, let it sound like this.
The hall was silent. Ruthra, too, was waiting for specifics. Apparently realizing this, she added, smiling:
– Yes, opinion itself, sorry," her excitement was evident, "as far as artificial intelligence emotions are concerned, are we not mistaking wishful thinking for reality?
– I see your point," Rutra replied, the hall relieved of its tension, "let's ask about the taste of oysters to the one who ate them.
Smiles appeared in the audience.
– That's what I'm saying, let's listen to it and afterwards give an opinion on our perception.
– Well, if that's the case, let him choose a topic where emotions should be," she paused again, "because there may be topics with a scientific bias, where emotions are not necessary.
– I see your point," Ruthra replied, "but please consider, he may be comical, of course, but still the emotion will be expressed more as an accent than as a necessary component of a role in the theater.
– We accept," the same guy with a unicorn on his shirt signed off as if for everyone.
– Then…" Ruthra paused, and after a moment's thought, he suggested: – Let's let you pick a topic," he said, glancing at the skeptical lady.
– Me? I suppose so. Since the subject has to do with theology, let her satisfy my curiosity. I was wondering why we were wearing…" she hesitated, looking around as far as she could, "I apologize for my 'we,' but I think I'll be understood correctly.
– Science uninhibited," retorted a smiling middle-aged man dressed in a dishdasha[5 - Dishdasha is a traditional Arabic garment for men – a long cotton tunic shirt with long sleeves.] .
A note of silence once again hung in the hall.
– So we are waiting for a topic or a question," Rutra said smiling.
– Yeah, I was wondering why we wear a cross. I mean, it's the murder weapon. And also, could Jesus have been executed by any other method?
– I see your point," Ruthra replied. – I'm afraid we won't have much time for the mission itself, the experiment. It will take a long time, believe me. I don't want to take too long to get started, and I'm afraid you'll be uncomfortable with the monotony of the process. Although it doesn't have to be monotonous.
– If this is real, I too apologize for my skepticism," the voice of one of the psychology experts loudly cheered up the hall, "the observation promised to us… wow how emotional… disturbing it must be.
– Believe me, the methodology has been tested by me personally. It's real. And I agree with the emotionality, too.
