human
Of course it works, I said.
gpt
It's only Einstein with a twist.
human
No, really. You know the clocks that go out on every stellar-reporter and come back to the Institute with dope on the composition of this and that place in the Galaxy? You were advanced students, you must have sent them off every day, well, wasn't the clock always slow when it returned?
gpt
Against the dispatching room clock, of course it was, John agreed.
human
And if there was enough spare material left on Earth to send people apart from emigrants, a man would be younger than his twin when he returned.
gpt
Well, I said,
human
Have you ever put anything living on the plate, Morry?
gpt
Well, I did make a small mistake once. A grasshopper got on the plate when I wasn't looking. I was magnifying an alumino-silicate and a few seconds after I got the specimen up to size, the grasshopper appeared in the middle of it. I had to reverse the specimen back to get it out. Meant picking the crystal off the plate fast, before the insect came through, but I managed it.
human
Was it hurt?
gpt
The grasshopper? No. A little stunned, maybe. But perfectly well.
human
If the crystal lattice was expanded to start with....
gpt
Relative to its size, the crystal would be full of breathing holes....
human
You could take in nutrient through a lattice as big as that. It would be relatively porous....
gpt
If we weren't being expelled this evening,
human
Are you sure about the grasshopper, Morry?