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Date Posted: 23:16:49 05/11/03 Sun
Author: theButterfly
Subject: Miles Teg: an interesting type of prescience
In reply to: AntiPaul 's message, "What is Teg? What will he become in Book 7?" on 20:11:43 05/11/03 Sun

So, one who has the ability of prescience can see the past, present and future flowing past, the past already fixed, the present determining itself constantly and the future, constantly changing with respect to the determinations of the present, and itself flowing back to become the present. Yes, I absolutely realize that the previous sentence makes no sense.

Basically, prescience is the ability to see time. So, consider how something could be hidden from prescient view, by comparing it to the much better-known ability to see light. One can imagine how something could be hidden from a persons vision if light could be directed in such a way to bend around the object and continue its course so that the eye sees what is behind the object, rather than seeing the object itself. I suppose that the previous sentence may or may not make sense. Just consider the idea: light bends around an object, so you can't see it. So, no-ships might be rendered invisible to prescience by the bending of time around them, so that one who sees time can't discern that there is anything there.

Miles Teg's ability is different. Rather than being able to SEE time, he can actually FEEL it. He is so comfortable with time at the local level that he can actually make his mind and body work within very incredibly short periods of time; he can actually slow down time with respect to himself, though at a high energy cost.

Now, with his ability to actually FEEL the flow of time, rather than just see it, he would easily sense an anomoly in its flow where it's bending around a no-ship.

As for the possibility of a return of the machines, it's very likely that these machines would have prescience like that in the machines used to navigate through fold space, and it's also very likely that they would be using no-ship technology. This presents a huge problem for the survival of humanity, because the machines can see them as little glowing dots all over the universe, while remaining completely invisible to their prey. But, with the Siona genes making humans invisible to this vision, and now with Teg's ability to expose the no-ships, the human race just might have a fighting chance. Yay!

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Replies:

What made Teg what he is... -- Ghanima, 09:24:09 05/12/03 Mon
- Don't forget Idaho -- IDAHO, 11:23:20 05/12/03 Mon
- Tegs Daughter... Darwi Odrade, -- The Cannabist, 16:25:21 05/12/03 Mon
  - why machines?? -- TheSeeker, 18:22:00 05/12/03 Mon
    - Check out post "God Emperor mentions Nroma Cenva" -- IDAHO, 21:02:51 05/12/03 Mon
      - working together -- chairdog, 23:35:13 05/12/03 Mon
        The BG, the BT, The Empire will be Destroyed -- RavensZim, 04:56:35 05/13/03 Tue
        Great ideas guys! -- IDAHO, 14:24:48 05/13/03 Tue
      - not canon -- theButterfly, 12:34:13 05/13/03 Tue
        Well then you are spitting against the wind -- IDAHO, 14:12:47 05/13/03 Tue
        please... -- theButterfly, 17:23:17 05/13/03 Tue
        But you are so wrong on one point. -- The Cannabist, 17:58:59 05/13/03 Tue
        I think that's a nice big mucus ball headed right for Butterfly's face....splat nt. (NT) -- IDAHO, 00:53:00 05/14/03 Wed
        So I'll dodge. (NT) -- theButterfly, 12:42:10 05/14/03 Wed
        heh heh nice move. -- The Cannabist, 13:38:25 05/14/03 Wed
        It's all in good fun Jay...nt (NT) -- IDAHO, 14:14:03 05/14/03 Wed
        That's all that matters (btw no need to type (nt), it's automatic) (NT) -- The Cannabist, 14:38:38 05/14/03 Wed
        A wrong-statement loogie can fake you out and it you no matter where you run (NT) -- IDAHO, 22:12:58 05/14/03 Wed
        You'll get your own loogie in your eye -- IDAHO, 19:15:40 05/13/03 Tue
        I'll concede these two points... -- theButterfly, 14:37:55 05/14/03 Wed
        Then you would still consider them not in the same Universe?? -- IDAHO, 15:14:47 05/14/03 Wed
        You're making a logic fallacy: False Dichotomy ... Think about it. (NT) -- theButterfly, 16:05:23 05/14/03 Wed
        Yes, but what the heck is Teg? -- AntiPaul, 19:42:03 05/14/03 Wed
        Butterfly...you make me angry...I'm sorry if my posts are terse... -- IDAHO, 22:11:29 05/14/03 Wed
        Forget Star Wars...the point is you are wrong. Sorry. ;-) -- IDAHO, 22:08:59 05/14/03 Wed
        Frank Herbert, about Baron Harkonnen -- RavensZim, 16:42:07 05/15/03 Thu