The Microcosm

As another month draws to a close here at nuclearheadache, I figured that I'd leave you with a very old, half-baked idea of mine.  It's a little crazy, more than a little stupid.  I'd say that it would make you think, but seriously....Anyway:

Okay, so picture yourself in a smokey, dimly lit room.  You focus in and look closely at the smoke.  You see that it's denser in some areas than others, forming clusters and clouds here and there.  You zoom in closer until you see the atoms and molecules that the smoke is composed of.  The nuclei of these atoms are like bright little points of light, and the clouds are composed of billions and billions of them, clustered into different shapes, some round, some spiral swirled.  You focus in on a single atom that lies along the outskirts of one of the spiral clusters.  As you draw in, you can see the electrons orbiting around the brightly lit nucleus.  One of the electrons looks interesting.  You zoom in for an even closer look, and to your amazement you find that there is life on this electron.  It's absolutely teeming with life...intelligent life even.  They've established an entire civilization of this electron.  They have roads, and buildings, and technology.  The subatomic beings on this electron are full of questions.  They wonder how and why they've come to be.  They struggle and strain and make the most of their lives on this fragile little electron.  You zoom in closer to the towns and cities and neighborhoods.  You descend towards the roof of a familiar looking house.  You open the front door, go into the house and up the stairs.  You find a room with smoke coming from behind the door.  You go inside and find someone who looks exactly like you sitting in a chair by the lamp.  Your duplicate looks up, blinks and chokes for a moment and then tells you, "This is some good stuff."

See you next month.