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experiments in cyberspace. At least that way we can narrow any physical
experiments down to ones that actually have promise. If I apply myself
completely to this project, I think
I can finish the algorithms and models and write the code in 8 to 10 years.
After that, considering the way science has been advancing, halting the aging
process should take less than 100 years maybe only 50.
David and Diana were used to visualizing the future, but this concept was
amazing. Five hundred years was hard to imagine, but 100 years was barely an
average human lifespan. They were both exceptionally healthy, and Pete was now
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suggesting that anyone still alive 50 years from now might actually live
forever without having to risk cryonic suspension. Including them.
David s excitement grew. Do you remember of course you do, you remember
everything. remember the first day in Theo-Soc class, when Charles
I
Scoggins....
Pete s shiver went unnoticed.
Diana interrupted, ...said there was a finite chance some of us might live
forever.
As I recall, David added, he predicted how it would happen. He specifically
said that some of us might be cryonically frozen, then revived after the aging
process had been medically halted. Poor guy. Too bad he won t be around to see
it.
Yes, Diana said it s a terrible shame.
Pete couldn t have agreed with them more.
NEW YORK CITY February 16, 2041 (the same evening)
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Dr. Maya Gale had nothing against older men; however, she drew the line at
dating married men and didn t particularly care for single, drunk men either.
At 34, Maya was the youngest member of the group and clearly the most eligible
female. All 29 men and 10 women, tired but very pleased, sat in the largest
private room at the Four Seasons restaurant. Over the previous four years,
Maya had been to nine similar banquets, including the annual Christmas
parties. The team rarely went out as a group, but tonight was a special
occasion; clinical trials had begun that day on Synapsate, the promising
Alzheimer s cure that had taken them seven months to develop. Generally in
these situations Maya could expect at least one of her colleagues to come on
to her.
Maya liked her coworkers and loved nearly everything about her job, especially
her boss, Dr. Julius Penfield, a driven genius who thankfully was all
business. Still, she would have preferred to skip the celebration.
They re all harmless enough but it d be better if none of them got too
, drunk tonight.
Over her four years at Glaxo-Wellcome, she had always managed to deflect
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advances with enough tact and good humor to avoid strain on her working
relationship with the offending colleague. In fact, by the next day she
doubted that any of them had ever recalled propositioning her.
If they d remembered what they said to me, I doubt they d still be married.
After all, in most marriages the ACIP exacts quite a price for infidelity.
Maya was even more aware of the ACIP s influence on scientific research, which
had been equally profound. Fraud and carelessness had obstructed scientific
progress throughout recorded history until the ACIP. The vast majority of
scientists were honest and careful, but it only took one bad apple to taint an
entire field; a small bit of bad information from one scientist could
undermine years of research by many others. Such bad apples were everywhere,
necessitating massively inconvenient procedures and double-checks. Once the
ACIP had been added to the equation, many of these procedures became
unessential, dramatically speeding the rate of discovery in every field of
science.
I m exhausted, Maya whispered to the woman seated at her right, Dr.
Stephanie Lashley, a dark-haired, 71-year-old specialist in neurofibrillary
plaque.
Do you think Julius would mind if I skipped this luau tonight?
We re all exhausted, but could you stay for appetizers at least? I ve been
instructed not to let you leave too early.
Instructed? By whom?
JAMES L. HALPERIN
228
Before Lashley could answer, Penfield lifted his wine glass and spoke. I
wish to propose a toast to Dr. Maya Gale, who shall be our guest of honor
tonight.
Personally I think Maya s theory about the effects of lipofuscin on plasticity
was the key to this entire project. I seriously doubt Synapsate would be off
the drawing board much less in clinical trials without you, Maya.
She blushed.
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June 15, 2045
World Government is officially installed in Sydney, Australia. Boris
Malinkov, a Russian, begins his three-year term as the first World President,
having received 54 percent of the popular vote and 56 percent of electoral
votes in the run-off election against South African candidate Gordon Mondeto.
China, formerly the most powerful nation on earth, is now the world s most
powerful state. On the basis of its smaller population, however, the United [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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experiments in cyberspace. At least that way we can narrow any physical
experiments down to ones that actually have promise. If I apply myself
completely to this project, I think
I can finish the algorithms and models and write the code in 8 to 10 years.
After that, considering the way science has been advancing, halting the aging
process should take less than 100 years maybe only 50.
David and Diana were used to visualizing the future, but this concept was
amazing. Five hundred years was hard to imagine, but 100 years was barely an
average human lifespan. They were both exceptionally healthy, and Pete was now
Page 219
ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html
suggesting that anyone still alive 50 years from now might actually live
forever without having to risk cryonic suspension. Including them.
David s excitement grew. Do you remember of course you do, you remember
everything. remember the first day in Theo-Soc class, when Charles
I
Scoggins....
Pete s shiver went unnoticed.
Diana interrupted, ...said there was a finite chance some of us might live
forever.
As I recall, David added, he predicted how it would happen. He specifically
said that some of us might be cryonically frozen, then revived after the aging
process had been medically halted. Poor guy. Too bad he won t be around to see
it.
Yes, Diana said it s a terrible shame.
Pete couldn t have agreed with them more.
NEW YORK CITY February 16, 2041 (the same evening)
THE TRUTH MACHINE
227
Dr. Maya Gale had nothing against older men; however, she drew the line at
dating married men and didn t particularly care for single, drunk men either.
At 34, Maya was the youngest member of the group and clearly the most eligible
female. All 29 men and 10 women, tired but very pleased, sat in the largest
private room at the Four Seasons restaurant. Over the previous four years,
Maya had been to nine similar banquets, including the annual Christmas
parties. The team rarely went out as a group, but tonight was a special
occasion; clinical trials had begun that day on Synapsate, the promising
Alzheimer s cure that had taken them seven months to develop. Generally in
these situations Maya could expect at least one of her colleagues to come on
to her.
Maya liked her coworkers and loved nearly everything about her job, especially
her boss, Dr. Julius Penfield, a driven genius who thankfully was all
business. Still, she would have preferred to skip the celebration.
They re all harmless enough but it d be better if none of them got too
, drunk tonight.
Over her four years at Glaxo-Wellcome, she had always managed to deflect
Page 220
ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html
advances with enough tact and good humor to avoid strain on her working
relationship with the offending colleague. In fact, by the next day she
doubted that any of them had ever recalled propositioning her.
If they d remembered what they said to me, I doubt they d still be married.
After all, in most marriages the ACIP exacts quite a price for infidelity.
Maya was even more aware of the ACIP s influence on scientific research, which
had been equally profound. Fraud and carelessness had obstructed scientific
progress throughout recorded history until the ACIP. The vast majority of
scientists were honest and careful, but it only took one bad apple to taint an
entire field; a small bit of bad information from one scientist could
undermine years of research by many others. Such bad apples were everywhere,
necessitating massively inconvenient procedures and double-checks. Once the
ACIP had been added to the equation, many of these procedures became
unessential, dramatically speeding the rate of discovery in every field of
science.
I m exhausted, Maya whispered to the woman seated at her right, Dr.
Stephanie Lashley, a dark-haired, 71-year-old specialist in neurofibrillary
plaque.
Do you think Julius would mind if I skipped this luau tonight?
We re all exhausted, but could you stay for appetizers at least? I ve been
instructed not to let you leave too early.
Instructed? By whom?
JAMES L. HALPERIN
228
Before Lashley could answer, Penfield lifted his wine glass and spoke. I
wish to propose a toast to Dr. Maya Gale, who shall be our guest of honor
tonight.
Personally I think Maya s theory about the effects of lipofuscin on plasticity
was the key to this entire project. I seriously doubt Synapsate would be off
the drawing board much less in clinical trials without you, Maya.
She blushed.
THE TRUTH MACHINE
229
CHAPTER 41
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FUTURE PROBE
Cambridge, Massachusetts
June 15, 2045
World Government is officially installed in Sydney, Australia. Boris
Malinkov, a Russian, begins his three-year term as the first World President,
having received 54 percent of the popular vote and 56 percent of electoral
votes in the run-off election against South African candidate Gordon Mondeto.
China, formerly the most powerful nation on earth, is now the world s most
powerful state. On the basis of its smaller population, however, the United [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]