Ernst Jünger: DIE SCHERE #22: Text 22 Signale strahlen nicht nur linear, sondern auch kreis- und kugelförmig aus. Gehörte der Bildschirm zur Ausrüstung eines Satelliten, so würde sich auf anderen Satelliten die zurückgelegte Strecke als länger oder kürzer darstellen. Der Empfang ist überall im Universum möglich—wir wissen nicht, was geschieht, wenn wir ein Signal geben. Nur Ort und Datum der Sendung sind zu konstatieren— etwa die Explosion einer Sonne nach Millionen von Lichtjahren. Die Nachricht erreicht die Sterne zu verschiedenen Zeiten— manche verheerend, andere bleiben unberührt. Selbst bei uns ist die Wirkung verschieden, je nachdem, ob das Ereignis in Babylon, Altchina oder auf unseren Warten registriert wurde. DIE SCHERE #22: Walter's Translation 22 Signals not only send in rays, but also in circles and spheres. If a monitor were part of a satellite's equipment, the distance covered would be displayed in other satellites as longer or shorter. Reception is possible from every point of the universe. We do not know what is going to happen if we give a signal. Only place and time of a sending can be stated - like the explosion of a sun after millions of light years. The news reaches the stars at different times - devastating some, leaving others untouched. It even affects us in different ways, according to where the event was registered, in Babylon, ancient China or in our watch-towers. DIE SCHERE #22: Thomas Friese's Translation Signals are irradiated not only linearly but also in circular and > > spherical form. Were a monitor to form part of a satellite's equipment, > the > > path travelled would be represented on the other satellites as longer or > > shorter. > > Reception is possible at every point in the universe - we don't know > what > > happens when we send a signal. Only the place and time of the dispatch > can > > be verified - perhaps the explosion of a sun after millions of > light-years. > > The news reaches the stars at different times - some are destroyed, > others > > are not disturbed. Here too the effects are diverse depending on whether > > the event was registered in Babylon, Ancient China, or by our own > > observers. DIE SCHERE #22: Notes #22 spins out the play with the idea which EJ started in #21. Different satellites at different positions would measure different distances travelled by the same signal which they would would receive at different times. The impact of the same signal can thus vary widely. The explosion of a sun somewhere in the universe can devastate stars in its proximity but have no effect on distant ones. All this sounds pretty unexciting --until we reach the last sentence. Depending on the distance from earth at which that cosmic disaster took place it would be registered by different civilizations on earth because it arrives at different moments of world history. Accordingly, the interpretations of such an event could be mythological, religious or scientific, thus would differ widely. The reason for such differences -- to remain within the imagery used by EJ here-- is that mankind's monitors and programming change in the course of world history. Other cultures, other hardware and software. Günter Rebing
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