neither of them understands the subatomic physics of entanglement.
Pierce: Yes, of course not. If that were the case I’d have to transfer you to the deputy of another department. (Chortle)
Reidier: (Laughs) Yes, right? It would be something. Tour them around to the kings of Europe, having them give lectures on the myth of locality and Einstein’s greatest fear.
Pierce: Yes. In any event, as long as we keep everything on lockdown until the Department can ascertain the situation, we’re fine.
Reidier: Right. So do you need me to send you data results or—
Pierce: No. We’ll collect those from you when you run the experiment for us.
Reidier: That’s fine. Obviously, it’ll have to be in my lab. My equipment . . . How soon could you guys get to Chicago?
Pierce: How’s 3:30 for you?
Reidier: What day?
Pierce: This afternoon.
Obviously, Pierce was impressed. What exactly Reidier’s demonstration entailed or proved is unclear, but at the very least, its potential was valuable enough to prioritize Reidier, his project, and his needs.By the end of the week, the transfer to Brown University was set up, and the Reidier family was cloistered within the folds of the Department’s heavy cloak.
Although Pierce prized Reidier’s project, he was by no means particularly fond of him. Instead, he approached the physicist with a distrustful skepticism. He never challenged Reidier with his suspicions. Pierce was much more Machiavellian than that, a scientist of scientists, he took notes from the beginning in an effort to figure out which handles to pull and buttons to push in order to facilitate his, and thereby the Department’s, goals. This is evident early on, as seen in intradepartmental e-mails to his Deputy Director.
-----Original Message-----
From: Donald Pierce [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2006 7:56 a.m.
To: [email protected]
Subject: Is it Providence?
Larry,
Having read up on Reidier’s process, I agree with your assessment of his insistence on working in close proximity to Malle. 40 Clearly, Malle’s success with BCIs 41 will be a great resource for Reidier in progressing to Stage 4. It’s not hard to imagine somehow adapting Malle’s multielectrode recording arrays and fMRI techniques for our purposes.
Furthermore, their personal history will preclude any suspicions about time spent together. 42 Obviously Reidier’s MO of casually picking his colleagues’ brains as opposed to any direct collaboration serves our classified purposes here. Indeed, his ego and secretive impulses will be quite useful in keeping all of this under wraps. This is best facilitated by proximity. It is much more coincidental to drop in on a lecture or a lab demonstration if you work on the same campus, as opposed to flying in from O’Hare. Perhaps we can facilitate “casual” drop-ins through the wife. Her visiting professorship seems on track. Could we find a plausible reason to locate her office near Malle’s, instead of the Comparative Literature Department? This would also facilitate our monitoring, two for the price of one.
As far as the wife, I have concerns. Reidier talks elliptically around/about Eve. He’s rather concerned about her placement at Brown. Excessively so. Sometimes brings it up in terms of her work: satisfaction, stimulation, etc. Other times he makes it about her adjustment to new surroundings, what she needs their home to be. What’s consistent is that he always mentions her. Drops her into every conversation. And always with unspoken emphasis on stabilization. There’s something here. Something he’s hiding. While any husband would want his spouse to be happy with a relocation, his emphasis on her seems to insinuate a catastrophic fallout if this doesn’t work out. Personally AND professionally.
I suspect she might have had or is having some sort of mental episode. If this is so, she is a security liability. One that we cannot contain with traditional
Pierce: Yes, of course not. If that were the case I’d have to transfer you to the deputy of another department. (Chortle)
Reidier: (Laughs) Yes, right? It would be something. Tour them around to the kings of Europe, having them give lectures on the myth of locality and Einstein’s greatest fear.
Pierce: Yes. In any event, as long as we keep everything on lockdown until the Department can ascertain the situation, we’re fine.
Reidier: Right. So do you need me to send you data results or—
Pierce: No. We’ll collect those from you when you run the experiment for us.
Reidier: That’s fine. Obviously, it’ll have to be in my lab. My equipment . . . How soon could you guys get to Chicago?
Pierce: How’s 3:30 for you?
Reidier: What day?
Pierce: This afternoon.
Obviously, Pierce was impressed. What exactly Reidier’s demonstration entailed or proved is unclear, but at the very least, its potential was valuable enough to prioritize Reidier, his project, and his needs.By the end of the week, the transfer to Brown University was set up, and the Reidier family was cloistered within the folds of the Department’s heavy cloak.
Although Pierce prized Reidier’s project, he was by no means particularly fond of him. Instead, he approached the physicist with a distrustful skepticism. He never challenged Reidier with his suspicions. Pierce was much more Machiavellian than that, a scientist of scientists, he took notes from the beginning in an effort to figure out which handles to pull and buttons to push in order to facilitate his, and thereby the Department’s, goals. This is evident early on, as seen in intradepartmental e-mails to his Deputy Director.
-----Original Message-----
From: Donald Pierce [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2006 7:56 a.m.
To: [email protected]
Subject: Is it Providence?
Larry,
Having read up on Reidier’s process, I agree with your assessment of his insistence on working in close proximity to Malle. 40 Clearly, Malle’s success with BCIs 41 will be a great resource for Reidier in progressing to Stage 4. It’s not hard to imagine somehow adapting Malle’s multielectrode recording arrays and fMRI techniques for our purposes.
Furthermore, their personal history will preclude any suspicions about time spent together. 42 Obviously Reidier’s MO of casually picking his colleagues’ brains as opposed to any direct collaboration serves our classified purposes here. Indeed, his ego and secretive impulses will be quite useful in keeping all of this under wraps. This is best facilitated by proximity. It is much more coincidental to drop in on a lecture or a lab demonstration if you work on the same campus, as opposed to flying in from O’Hare. Perhaps we can facilitate “casual” drop-ins through the wife. Her visiting professorship seems on track. Could we find a plausible reason to locate her office near Malle’s, instead of the Comparative Literature Department? This would also facilitate our monitoring, two for the price of one.
As far as the wife, I have concerns. Reidier talks elliptically around/about Eve. He’s rather concerned about her placement at Brown. Excessively so. Sometimes brings it up in terms of her work: satisfaction, stimulation, etc. Other times he makes it about her adjustment to new surroundings, what she needs their home to be. What’s consistent is that he always mentions her. Drops her into every conversation. And always with unspoken emphasis on stabilization. There’s something here. Something he’s hiding. While any husband would want his spouse to be happy with a relocation, his emphasis on her seems to insinuate a catastrophic fallout if this doesn’t work out. Personally AND professionally.
I suspect she might have had or is having some sort of mental episode. If this is so, she is a security liability. One that we cannot contain with traditional
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