No, itās designed to interfere with Shanker radiation, some sort of strange energy that apparently Earth gets an abnormally large amount of from… somewhere. In chapter 18 they discussed how Shanker radiation apparently āconfusesā the idolās cells, causing the violent mutations seen on and near Earth. They also noted that the technology used for the chamber is highly experimental; it actually releases some sort of particles to interfere with the radiation, Iām assuming in a similar manner to destructive wave interference.
Sedjet is probably worried what it might do to Julia, so heās exposing himself to it first to test out its effect.
heh, yes, that’s even one of my theories under the previous page (“Or he just went inside to verify the (lack of) effect of the isolation, on a presumably ācleanā Earthborn sapient.” š
Thing is, the INTENDED effect is to isolate the target inside, from the background Shankar ratiation.
I expect this to work by a principle similar to active noise cancellation in headphones (generate noise that is a negative of the one to be canceled).
Unless Sedj has set it to make noise or play Bach instead (or there are miscalibrations), he will, for the first time ever, feel Shankar SILENCE.
Can you imagine a movie villain saying “I will turn off the background radiation on you!”?
Doesn’t sound very threatening if they don’t mean the Sun.
So I’m finding the other researchers’ alarm to be odd.
One thing that, in my theory, might go wrong, is that the machine might clean the room
of ALL the types of radiation in the room.
Maybe all organic things, like vegetables, humans, + Sedj-like humans, give off safe amounts
of radiation.
Google says-
[When asked, “how radioactive is a banana”, Google gives this answer-
“Plants naturally contain radioactive carbon-14 (14C), but in a banana containing 15 grams of carbon this would give off only about 3 to 5 beta rays per second. Since a typical banana contains about half a gram of potassium, it will have an activity of roughly 15 Bq.”
I believe that Sedj gives off a safe level of radiation…by just being a living organic being.
If the room cleans out all radiation, will it take away radiation that Sedj needs?
Or, for example- is the room capable of clearing out all electrical activity?
If it is, will it stop [the electrical activity] that makes his brain work? Hm.
I found the article about bananas + carbon-14 radiation, and I couldn’t think of
a way to shorten my ideas about “bananas”, and “radiation”, without sounding like an idiot,
or a nut. Ugh. I apologize for that. Cheers.
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… shit. Uh… Mel? Julia? … Idol? A little help?
There are realy only two outcomes here:
1. he gets powderized;
2. he becomes a superhero/villan
~if I get consumed,
~then will you still call me super fooox?
Heh, Heh! š
Unfortunately for our Superman Sedj, this idol-monster is made out of BLACK KRYPTONITE!!!
XD š
Everyone forgets the boring option 3 where nothing happens.
Why the alarm, anyway? Wasn’t the chamber just for active noise canceling?
No, itās designed to interfere with Shanker radiation, some sort of strange energy that apparently Earth gets an abnormally large amount of from… somewhere. In chapter 18 they discussed how Shanker radiation apparently āconfusesā the idolās cells, causing the violent mutations seen on and near Earth. They also noted that the technology used for the chamber is highly experimental; it actually releases some sort of particles to interfere with the radiation, Iām assuming in a similar manner to destructive wave interference.
Sedjet is probably worried what it might do to Julia, so heās exposing himself to it first to test out its effect.
Waves*, not particles.
Funny thing about quantum mechanics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waveāparticle_duality
heh, yes, that’s even one of my theories under the previous page (“Or he just went inside to verify the (lack of) effect of the isolation, on a presumably ācleanā Earthborn sapient.” š
Thing is, the INTENDED effect is to isolate the target inside, from the background Shankar ratiation.
I expect this to work by a principle similar to active noise cancellation in headphones (generate noise that is a negative of the one to be canceled).
Unless Sedj has set it to make noise or play Bach instead (or there are miscalibrations), he will, for the first time ever, feel Shankar SILENCE.
Can you imagine a movie villain saying “I will turn off the background radiation on you!”?
Doesn’t sound very threatening if they don’t mean the Sun.
So I’m finding the other researchers’ alarm to be odd.
One thing that, in my theory, might go wrong, is that the machine might clean the room
of ALL the types of radiation in the room.
Maybe all organic things, like vegetables, humans, + Sedj-like humans, give off safe amounts
of radiation.
Google says-
[When asked, “how radioactive is a banana”, Google gives this answer-
“Plants naturally contain radioactive carbon-14 (14C), but in a banana containing 15 grams of carbon this would give off only about 3 to 5 beta rays per second. Since a typical banana contains about half a gram of potassium, it will have an activity of roughly 15 Bq.”
I believe that Sedj gives off a safe level of radiation…by just being a living organic being.
If the room cleans out all radiation, will it take away radiation that Sedj needs?
Or, for example- is the room capable of clearing out all electrical activity?
If it is, will it stop [the electrical activity] that makes his brain work? Hm.
“hecc lab safety! I want super powers!”
Hi Rebecca,
Sorry about my long comment.
I found the article about bananas + carbon-14 radiation, and I couldn’t think of
a way to shorten my ideas about “bananas”, and “radiation”, without sounding like an idiot,
or a nut. Ugh. I apologize for that. Cheers.