“Read this book. That’s an order.”
“I want you to collect the weathers reports on that island in nowhere. That’s an order”
“Find out the exact number of all the active humbots around your place from midnight to 4 a.m. That’s an order.”
Or the most unusual one,
“Find a Black Unit ex-soldier who gave up his life to ManFirst. Don’t use the Secret Service’s database. That’s an order.”
For what? And even after weeks of hard work, when I did find a guy, Konu said that he never asked me about that!
But I need to keep my stupid job of driving his car to and from his house. It keeps me sane. I don’t want to stay alone without an urge to wake up in the morning. I could easily lose it, knowing that a high percentage of ex-Black Unit soldiers give up their sanity after their service. So, I tried to make the AI read that book for me, in a gentle and sexy voice so I could keep focus. You never know – maybe he will ask for a report on it this time.
The book says that Egap was a small continent in the north, completely isolated from the world until it was discovered by a Rotanios expedition around the sixth century. The expedition was personally sponsored by the emperor. Back then, the courts used to meet periodically to try to outdo and impress each other with reports of their world conquests and discoveries. The Rotanios’ court used to be humiliated all the time since it was the Bamos that made most of the world’s new discoveries. They had a more advanced understanding of the sea. Of course, the world was still big back then.
The Rotanios’ expedition used the best boats and navigators available at that time. The Rotanios’ emperor needed an impressive discovery for the sake of the Empire; therefore he ordered them to not come back empty-handed. Since they had nothing to lose, they sailed north to the high North Sea. Rarely did a boat venture there, and that is still true even today. The sea there is rough and savage. They made it, got lucky, and stumbled on a whole new continent. The expedition returned back to the Empire with something different this time – reports of a vast land, bizarre creatures, and completely unusual flora. More than that, in the local tribes, the female population was present in a much higher ratio than men.
The scientists clashed with the charlatans of the court, who argued that the flora had a significant impact on the early population in the newly discovered land, which they named “Egap.”
I missed hearing the sexy AI telling me about the origins of the name when my newly married neighbors started a fight over ketchup. The husband had evidently finished the bottle without informing his soulmate wife, and she blamed him for being selfish. Then a big fight erupted with a couple of broken plates and the most entertaining insults! I thank God I’m a divorcee.
The court’s charlatans speculated that some kinds of Egap fruits can change a man to a woman. Of course, that speculation was based on no evidence. It was a fantastic idea to please the Emperor who wanted to ban any import of goods to the Empire from Egap. Then, the scientists came up with a weather-related theory, claiming that the harsh cold had a direct impact on the gender ratio of Egap population because women’s resistance to cold is better than men. Of course, this theory was struck down by the courts because back then, women were considered to be inferior to men, and sometimes, not even human at all. The scientists ceased investigating the subject because they couldn’t overcome the charlatans. They were bound by the facts and tended to give complex and vague explanations, laced with “maybes” or “it could be…” also dipped their theories in the complexity sauce that could be understood only by their peers. On the contrary, the charlatans were not bound by facts and the scientific method. They could use simple, confident language to give a definitive explanation to any phenomena.
That’s why the charlatans beat the scientists by a big score, as their explanations were so simple, so exact. They could present and sell any grotesque idea with their charismatic character that makes you feel that they are in control of the situation and that they are true experts in the field. They could give a definitive explanation to any discovery without leaving any doubt, and most importantly, without losing the average person. Unfortunately, the scientists lacked the coherence and the methodical way of selling their explanation of any phenomena. They presented the facts, naked, and then an explanation which might be derived from many theories. Their problem was a “we think” this is the right explanation, “but” we are not sure as our theory is “not certain” although there is “a small probability” that we are wrong, due to the fact that some elements are still “unknown.” That’s why we have the flat-Earth believers, the UFO enthusiasts, and of course, the gods- worshipers. It’s in part because the scientists simply failed in their primary duty – explaining natural phenomena in a simple and understandable way, but also with charisma and certainty.
In the end, what is the use of science if people don’t believe in it? The belief should follow the scientific facts as closely as possible, and any discovery must be adopted by the people. Otherwise, if the belief is way behind the scientific discovery, it will not be used, just like as it is with many vaccines. Moreover, some scientists are much immersed in
