Traditional Science Is All About Finding Shortcuts.

But How Does It Feel To Plug Into A System That's Say, A Million Times As Smart As A Person.

Some Ideas You Have To Chew On, Then Roll Them Around A Lot, Play With Them Before You Can Turn Them Into Funky Science Fiction.

The World Is Colors And Motion, Feelings And Thoughts And What Does Math Have To Do With It? Not Much, If 'math' Means Being Bored In High School, But In Truth Mathematics Is The One Universal Science. Mathematics Is The Study Of Pure Pattern And Everything In The Cosmos Is A Kind Of Pattern.

Science Fiction Writers Put Characters Into A World With Arbitrary Rules And Work Out What Happens.

The Study Of Infinity Is Much More Than A Dry Academic Game. The Intellectual Pursuit Of The Absolute Infinity Is, As Georg Cantor Realized, A Form Of The Soul's Quest For God. Whether Or Not The Goal Is Ever Reached, An Awareness Of The Process Brings Enlightenment.