From:	"S.F. Eley" <sfeley@******.DIGEX.NET>
Subject:	Re: Rationalizing Dead Zones: Round 1
Date:	Sat, 26 Jun 1993 03:01:47 -0400

> BUT, then you have the really sticky problem of haveing two differing
> wave functions in the same reality. This, as far as I know, cannot happen (If I
> find out this fall when I take QM I will tell you). You also have the problem
> of violating the Theory of Consistency:"Even at the far end of the galaxy 2 + 2
> still equals 4" to quote Spock.


"Theory of Consistency?" Exactly how did Spock go about proving his theorem?

Play with the wording. AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, it cannot happen. Besides, in
this case there's a loophole. True, a probability wave can't collapse in two
separate directions in the same reality. But a Dead Zone is a DIFFERENT
reality -- a pocket reality intruding into this one, also with exclusive (but
different) probabilities.

Yes, a Dead Zone has to follow rules. It just follows another set of them.
There's no conflict, since the two realities don't interact -- except at the
border. There, things are definitely weird. But not inexplicable; you
could say that the magic acts as a buffer, and absorbs any devastating reality
contradictions, allowing first one reality to take effect, then the other,
sporadically, but without _direct_ interaction between them.



> Physics-wise this violates or at the very least bends the hell out of a lot of
> assumptions that Physicists have relied on for centuries. I do not take such
> violations lightly and would consider the ramifications of these violations
> before positing them.

Yes, and...? If you insist on taking the fantasy out of science fantasy,
that's your prerogative. This is Shadowrun, it's not supposed to be real by
1993 standards. The most a game like this can hope for is to be INTERNALLY
consistent -- not to break its OWN rules or fictional reality. And some of
us don't mind stretching that one, either.

(Sheesh! These hermetic types......)

_TNX._