An Experiment into the Controlled Release of Information about the Future.

[Gilhelmi]

On Thursdays, I plan on giving random fun facts.

Of course, because our physical are grown in vats we have tinkered around with the human Genome to make us as smart as biologically possible. However we took this a few steps further and created implants to help us think better as well. The truly fascinating bit is that these implants are extremely simple to make. All they are is a thin Gold wire, wrapped in a non-biodegradable insulator, that connects various regions of the brain. Primarily regions of the Cerebrum, however, various other regions can be connected together to produce interesting results. One example that occasionally happens in nature is Synesthesia, but this is far more controlled. IF we choose to get the implant, we can CHOOSE what spectrum's we see. I have an "Artist" friend who loves seeing sounds (I think that would get annoying, but she loves it so much that she has kept it for over 500 years). A few people choose to see farther into the Infrared Spectrum to help in their career fields. (paint-ball games where someone had this were a heck of a lot fun, it was like playing against someone who was running a "wall-cheats" program in a FPS. There were special rules to make the game more balanced, but man oh man, beating someone with that ability was difficult but fun.)

If I wanted to, I could even make the implants in my basement. There would be no point though because it would violate EVERY ethics code of your time. And, of course, you need a "biologically active" brain to experiment on. You can not dissect a human being that is Alive after all.

Although, in the world I come from, our definition for a human to be "Alive" is slightly different. For someone to be "Alive" they need three things. 1) A functional Mind (aka. brain): 2) A functional body: 3) A "Soul" connected to a Mind (through the "Soul"-Mind gateway, a structure in the human brain that has not yet been discovered).

So, as long as there is no "Soul" in the Mind, the body is just a cadaver that has basic functions (like breathing and heart beat). Most of the time, we schedule our implant upgrades when we switch bodies. The people who put in the implants are not even Doctors, they are more akin to highly trained technicians. On the unusual occasion that we do need to get an implant while "Alive", our "Soul" is transferred into (deity redacted save me) a "Soul" battery........ see rant at the end.

We still have Doctors who do routine maintenance and repair. No reason to toss a perfectly good body just because of a few broken bones, heck, that just takes a couple days to repair.

A human Mind can handle around 10-20 implants depending on type, grade, and location. Although, everyone has the same "first five" implants that together boosts our "mental capacity" by around 400% (on top of the already impressive amount gained from genetic editing). These are the free ones, everything else we choose to pay for (unless the company you work for requires a "specialized" implant). They can get pricey, the more you put in, the harder it is to wire everything correctly. And of course, they are made of Gold. With 10 Billion people on Earth at any given time, each having an average of a 5th ​of an ounce of Gold in their brains, that is just over 2 BILLION ounces of Gold. It is the easiest metal to recycle at least (98% rate in my time), so we only really lose Gold when the body is completely unrecoverable. To put that into perspective, according to Bing (by far the superior search engine), there is only 2.5 Billion ounces of Gold above ground today. Just barely enough to get everyone their first implants, forget about getting the optional fun implants. Of course, almost no one wears Gold jewelry, it is far to valuable for implants. The Gold mining industry is still going as strong as ever, and will be for the foreseeable future because of the implants.

Feel free to ask me any questions if something is unclear or does not make sense. Thank you.

Off-Topic Rant: "Soul" battery. I swear, it sounds so stupid. But, that is the CLOSEST translation I could figure out. Half the words describing the scientific terms just DON'T EXIST yet. I am not happy with "Souls" either, but it's at least somewhat closer. Imagine trying to describe the "Big Bang" without using any of the science you are familiar with. It would quickly start to sound like a Creationist myth too. OK, rant done, I feel better now.

 

[Gilhelmi]

I have debated putting this in. There are still many uncertainties, but one of the main objectives to our original mission was to answer the question, "Why?".

Why did assassinating the "Anti-Christ" Hitler result in the destruction of Earth?

I alluded to this before but, we did not realize that WW1 and WW2 were separate. We had believed that Hitler was responsible for all of the Wars in the 20th ​Century. We were not even sure as to the events that led up to him ruling Germany.

We now know more of the truth. The start of WW1 had nothing to do with him, but due to the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was in economic ruin. He was charismatic and led Germany into a short period of economic success.

People were still upset at the rest of the world for the suffering they had to endure, and willingly supported a stronger military (though it could be debated whether or not they wanted it for defensive purposes). Even though Germany had violated it's treaty numerous times in regards to military buildup, the rest of the world did not enforce the treaty.

But Hitler was crazy. We had always assumed that him being called "crazy" was just because he wanted to take over the world and the atrocities committed. Oh No, he really was even crazier than that. He was truly insane.

He was massively paranoid, especially near the end. Executing many good and qualified leaders and replacing them with idiots.

He ignored sound advice, instead going for high-risk/low-reward strategies that were doomed to fail. Prioritizing revenge strikes instead of more strategic offensive and defensive maneuvers.

He attacked France and quickly turned the Army around to attack Russia. Now fighting a two front war. (Russia hated Germany, but would not intervene due to the high cost of war.)

An example might be the Blitz on England. Sound strategy on paper, damage vital infrastructure and demoralize the citizens. But it was a waste.

While some of the bombings were against military production, far to much was against civilian infrastructure. The people felt like that they had two choices; surrender and die, or fight until the end. It solidified England.

Germany lost far more planes than the English (thanks to radar technology). Despite their loses, they kept throwing more planes and bombers at the English.

The same was true for just about every front.

Even the "Deity" got involved by "obscuring" the minds of commanders. D-Day should never have been that successful. (Did not help that the soldiers were to dependent on receiving orders to do anything) Then the Battle of the Budge, really there was no way that Germany should have lost that fight.

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Now we know Hitler did not start WW1 and it would have happened regardless. We believe that Germany would have still been in a desperate economic situation, another charismatic person would have risen but would have been much more competent.

Even though Germany had violated it's treaty numerous times in regards to military buildup, the rest of the world did not enforce the treaty. But they did not attack, rather continued to build.

It is now believed that Germany did not attack France by the late 1930's, or if they did, they did not turn around to attack Russia immediately. We believe that Germany focused more R&D into more practical weapons and fewer "Comic book Supervillian" style weapons.

They developed Atomic weapons just before the rest of the world, and built up a stock-pile.

We found surviving evidence on the destroyed Earth led us to believe that its final moments were engulfed by thousands of atomic blasts. Mostly aimed at Russia, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Japan. North and South America were virtually unscathed. However, and we are not sure how, one of the weapons ignited the Atmosphere.

We will never know for certain the exact history of the destroyed Earth. But this is the best conclusion we could come to.