Modern Self Café v14: Babylon 6 – Severed Beams (Stabilizing Generative Interactions)
Posted: July 3, 2026 Filed under: AI-Powered Essays | Tags: science fiction, models, war, reality, generativity, science 1 CommentA sequel to Escaping Auntie de Sitter
Write as a riff on Babylon 5’s “Severed Dreams.” When EarthForce unveils an experimental Hadron Beam whose continually evolving QCD structure defeats every known amplitude technique, Cmdr. Nina Hamedan and other mashed-up scientists of Babylon 6 must painfully—and hilariously—rediscover the SGI Conjecture.
ChatGPT Prompt
CAST
- Cmdr. Nina Hamedan (John Sheridan + Nima Arkani-Hamed)
- Ops Lancan Dixanova (Susan Ivanova + Lance Dixon)
- Dr. Thomen Franklam (Stephen Franklin + Thomas Lam)
- Ranger Zvicus Bole (Marcus Cole + Zvi Bern)
- Jatrenn (Lennier + Jaroslav Trnka)
- EarthForce Captain
- Computer
INT. BABYLON 6 — COMMAND AND CONTROL
Red lights.
Klaxons.
Outside the observation dome, Jupiter fills half the sky.
Beyond it…
…three EarthForce Omega-class destroyers emerge from hyperspace.
Nobody speaks.
The tactical display quietly updates.
UNKNOWN WEAPON CONFIGURATION DETECTED
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Posted: October 15, 2023 Filed under: Centroids | Tags: empathy, politics, war Leave a commentFits in with the Radical Centrist mantra of “loving your enemies to death.”
I can imagine being a true believer in Hamas… / If I knew a cure for this horrid compulsion, I would have used it. But from what I can see of the …
If I Were Hamas: An Exercise in Empathy
Radical Centrism 