Q. We want to hear no more of Heisenberg's principle! There's enough confusion as it is, without that!
A. I admit it. That's why I decided to—to close my eyes to everything but essentials on this trip.
Q. It is gratifying to hear you admit something for a change. What are you "closing your eyes to" in this case?
A. Appearances.
Q. Why?
A. Appearances are deceitful. That is, they are now; they weren't before, when the Unity was the Unity and Mankind was Mankind, not something of each. You ask me to keep my objectivity and you don't tell me how. You can't, of course—your own is too lost for you even to know it's gone. So I have to work out my way alone and the best method seems to be to work with as few senses as possible. That won't give me real objectivity, but it will mean somewhat less involvement.
Q. The less you see, the more you can observe? Does that make sense?
A. Nothing does any more. Oh, if you had only stopped in time—no, that wasn't possible.
Q. Why not?
A. Because, being in hyper-time, the slip-up is both in the past and the future in simple time. The last trip is going on now....