“Mr. Miller, science fiction is not facts.”
“There’s nothing in my paper that’s science fiction,” Randy insisted.
Alexander (Alex) O’Brien, another twenty-one-year-old student and a childhood friend of Randy’s watched the exchange of words with great interest. He had short red hair and green eyes. He stood taller than Randy by only an inch, but weighed a few pounds less.
“Okay, Mr. Miller,” Prof. Blumberg said. Randy sat back down. “Let’s get your fellow students involved in this. Everyone, Mr. Miller’s paper was on the alternate reality theory. In his paper, not only does he agree with the alternate reality theory, but he also states that more realities are spawning each day. In his paper he states that with each crossroad event that a person comes to in his or her life that event will spawn more realities. How many realities will depend on how many possible outcomes there are to each crossroad event. According to Randy, four possible outcomes means that four realities will be spawn. He had even claimed that he has come up with a way to identify different realities from each other with the Alpha realities being the same or similar to ours while the Beta through Omega realities being completely different. Correct me if I’m wrong, Mr. Miller, but our reality is known by you as being Alpha followed by seven zeros.”
Randy stood again before answering, “Actually there should be a decimal point between each of the seven digits and it is an address of a particular reality. Each home reality would share the same home address. It’s only to us in this reality that another reality address would be different. When a person would travel into another reality, the address of the two realities would be flipped so that person would have to use the same address that was originally used in the initial jump to get back.” He flipped to a certain page of his papers. “Here are the examples I gave for my address system.” He slowly panned the page for his fellow students to see.
The students who were sitting next to him were able to make out the following:
A crossroad event is a pivotal moment to where the future of a person or a group of people is determined by the outcome of the event. There are two types of crossroad events.
Type 1: is where a person’s life changes by the person’s own choosing. (A person can receive a unique set of circumstances by making a choice to a multiple-choice scenario.)
Type 2: is where a person’s life changes that wasn’t of the person’s own choosing.
An example of a type1 crossroad event:
Tony has been presented with three possible choices after coming to a six-foot fence with a narrow hole in it.
1. Tony goes around the fence and nothing bad happens.
2. Tony tries to climb over the fence rather than going around it or squeezing through the hole and falls and breaks an arm. Later at the hospital he meets his future wife Michelle. (Giving that each of Tony’s future crossroad events led to marriage)
3. Tony goes through the hole in the fence and gets cut by a rusty metal object and eventually develops tetanus. (Giving that the crossroad event led Tony into thinking that he didn’t need a tetanus shot at the time.)
An example of a type2 crossroad event:
1. Tony’s flight was delayed an hour. While waiting he met his future wife Liz.(Giving that each of Tony’s future crossroad events led to marriage)
2. Tony’s flight was on time and he had never met Liz.
Examples of the reality address system .
(# )is any number from 0 to 9; (#>0) is any number from 1 to 9. 0 being no magnitude and 9 being the maximum magnitude.
(Greek alphabet) #.#.#.#.#.#.#
Reality home address is Alpha 0.0.0.0.0.0.0
The reality address Alpha 0.0.0.0.0.0.(#>0) almost completely identical to the reality home address. The differences would most likely be missed.
The reality address Alpha 0.0.0.0.0.(#>0).# is less identical to the reality home address. The differences might or might not be missed.
The reality address Alpha 0.0.0.0.(#>0).#.# is even less identical to the home address. The differences would be subtle, but apparent.
The reality address Alpha 0.0.0.(#>0).#.#.#. Half of the events in the world are no longer identical to the reality home address. The difference would easily be seen.
The reality address Alpha 0.0.(#>0).#.#.#.#. More than half of the events in the world are no longer identical to the reality home address.
The reality address Alpha 0.(#>0).#.#.#.#.#. Hardly any events in the world are identical to the reality home address.
The reality address Alpha (#>0).#.#.#.#.#.#. None of the events in the world are identical to the reality home address.
The Beta addresses are the closest addresses to the Alpha addresses while the Omega addresses are the furthest away.
Each home reality would share the same reality home address. It’s only to the AR Traveler (Alternate Reality Traveler) that another reality address would be different. When the AR Traveler would travel into another reality, the addresses of the two realities would be flipped so the AR Traveler would have to use the same address that was originally used in the initial jump to get back; however, the addresses will start deviating from each other if the AR Traveler would remain in the alternate reality for more than twenty-four hours.
Beta through Omega addresses are where the realities of Earth had gone in an entirely different evolutionary path.
As Randy was showing the page, Prof. Blumberg said in a sarcastic tone, “Thank you, Mr. Miller, for sharing that.” Prof. Blumberg looked over the class. “Besides me, who else in this room feels that the alternate reality theory is a joke and it should remain in the science fiction stories?”
Twenty-five of the forty students raised their hands. Doug, Alex’s fraternal twin brother and roommate, was also in the class and had raised his hand.
Doug had short brown hair and blue eyes. He was the same height and build as Alex. Although Doug and Alex weren’t identical, they looked very much alike in the face. Everyone who met them for the first time knew that Alex and Doug were brothers without being told.
Alex was among the fifteen students who didn’t raise their hands. A friendly debate broke out, and during the debate, Alex and ten others switched sides.
Prof. Blumberg allowed the debate to go on for a short time before stopping it. Once he had reclaimed order within the classroom, he said, “Mr. Miller, as you can see most of your peers agree with me that your paper sounds like science fiction nonsense and therefore, the grade I’ve given you stands.”
While enraged Randy stood quickly and hastily gathered his things. As he was storming towards
