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[ST Ref: PT-B1-C15_240930: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Fifteen: “Water Test” – Is the Universe a Simulation?] Simulation or Reality? Following on from our post, ‘What is Reality?‘, of the 22nd August 2024, [ST Ref: PT-B1-C12_240819: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Twelve: “The Port”.], this present blog post addresses the question: ‘Is the Universe a…
[ST Ref: PT-B1-C13_240902: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Thirteen: “Questions and Some Answers” – Alien Archaeology?] Alien Archaeology? Yes, this one of the themes in Chapter Thirteen, “Questions and Some Answers”, of “Star Island“, Book One of “Planetoid Trilogy“. Are there really examples of Alien technology on Earth? Well, most likely not. There are those…
[ST Ref: PT-B1-C12_240819: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Twelve: “The Port”.] What is reality? This is one of the themes of “The Port”, Chapter Twelve of “Star Island” of the “Planetoid Trilogy“. In this chapter, Rebecca continues her adventures on Star Island. What is reality? But what is reality? The French existentialist, Jean-Paul Sartre, asked…
Blog by Barrie Cameron, Author, in which he asks the question: Where will we encounter alien languages? Non-human languages Historically, at least in recent times, we have tended to assume that it is in space where we will first encounter alien languages. Or that news of it will come from space. But what are the…
[ST Ref: PT-B1-C4_220625: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Four: “Dry River Cave”.] New Character SP: Barrie, in Chapter Four of ‘Star Island‘, the first book of your Planetoid Trilogy, you introduce a new character, Dr James Anderson, Jimmy, to his friends. I can understand you having such a character in an adventure story about an…
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[ST Ref: PT-B1-C1_220512: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter One: “Oblivion”.] A key element in Chapter One, “Oblivion”, of my first ‘Planetoid Trilogy‘ book, ‘Star Island‘, is the ‘calibration test of the MiniAXE apparatus’. Effectively it is a science experiment. Today we take for granted that scientists and engineers use experiments to rigorously test their scientific…