I hereby affirm that observations of EFS derived via Branch-Loop Analysis are just as reliable as those gained via direct observation. As such, distinctions based on ‘what actually happened’ - itself a slippery concept for people who regularly work with multiple timelines—are irrelevant.
To check understanding: if in the first timeline, we use a radiation that doesn’t exceed double the heteropneum’s EFS, then there remains one timeline. But if we do, there are multiple timelines that aren’t distinguishable … except that the ones with <2x the EFS can’t have been the original timeline, because otherwise there wouldn’t be branching. I guess I’m confused
If your EFS is more than double a heteropneum’s amplitude, you can get a (perfectly accurate) recording of what your EFS would have been had you used a different resonance on it. The in-universe justification for this is that Sphere scientists can observe—and infer things about—alternate timelines under the right conditions.
Did we not record which resonance each pilot actually used each time? Usually it’s clear
and holistically it’s even more clear, but
it’d be nice to have confirmation in those cases where we have all the counterfactual EFS’s and I’m pretty sure that data should be available.
I hereby affirm that observations of EFS derived via Branch-Loop Analysis are just as reliable as those gained via direct observation. As such, distinctions based on ‘what actually happened’ - itself a slippery concept for people who regularly work with multiple timelines—are irrelevant.
Oh! Branch-Loop Analysis is much different than I expected. Good to know.
To check understanding: if in the first timeline, we use a radiation that doesn’t exceed double the heteropneum’s EFS, then there remains one timeline. But if we do, there are multiple timelines that aren’t distinguishable … except that the ones with <2x the EFS can’t have been the original timeline, because otherwise there wouldn’t be branching. I guess I’m confused
If your EFS is more than double a heteropneum’s amplitude, you can get a (perfectly accurate) recording of what your EFS would have been had you used a different resonance on it. The in-universe justification for this is that Sphere scientists can observe—and infer things about—alternate timelines under the right conditions.