(urth) Inhumi's secret and numbers on blue

[Sergei SOLOVIEV]

Maybe you are right - it could indeed be about lying -

Sergei

Lee Berman wrote:
>> Andrew Mason: That's not just something that breaks the laws of
>> physics, as things in what is partly a fantasy work may; it's a
>> misunderstanding of how the laws of physics work, even in normal
>> circumstances, and what is more it is a notorious schoolboy error
>>     
>
> So far, so good....
>
>   
>> On the other hand Jahlee does seem to confirm the story and offer
>> evidence, when she says:
>> "If you lack endurance…" She shrugged. "Only your frozen corpse gets
>> to Blue. It crosses the sky there, a little scratch of fire. No doubt
>> you've seen them. I have."
>>     
>
> Grrrrrr!
>
> I am tempted to argue that a frozen Inhumi body surely lacks the mass
> and density to create the visible light display we can see from a large
> meteor, hundreds of miles up in the sky. Thus Jahlee is lying when she says
> she's seen examples of Inhumi burning on re-entry...using real shooting star
> sightings to bolster the lie...
>
> But that just furthers the debate, keeping doubt about the falseness of the 
> Inhumi travel story alive. And as long as there is doubt....
>
> I could be wrong but I really think Wolfe is trying to make a point with this.
> Most of us humans are mostly honest and we operate on the default principle that
> what most other people say is mostly true.
>
> But there is a certain "species" of people who exploit this. We have all
> experienced the words of a suspected liar who repeats a lie over and over
> with such deep sincerity that we can't help but start thinking, "maybe this is
> true..". They they've got you.
>
> I see the Inhumi as a lupine parable about such people. We should be able to 
> identify such liars and we should be able to suspend our normal assumption of
> truthfulness and honesty and assume the opposite- that everything such a person
> says must be assumed to be a lie. The occasional truth that is produced must be 
> viewed only a strategem so that the next lie will be believed.
>
> This is a difficult view to take of another human being (especially a family member-
> thus the Krait-Sinew connection). But I think Wolfe is urging us to be
> cognizant of such people and to not fall victim to them. 		 	   		  
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