You know, he must have just been good with science all his life.
It just made sense to him.
He was naturally good at it and it was the only thing he was good at so he excelled in it to feel good about himself.
He figured he sucked at everything else, everyone told him so, and figured his only chance for happiness was to continue with the one thing he was good at.
Kinda grim, is you ask me.
That's a sad perception for someone to have.
To be frightened out of exploring other options.
I hate that idea.
So, I love that idea.
That idea makes me feel something.
Sorry, Adam, but that's how you felt.
You never understood that if you had practiced your other interests as much as you practiced science you'd be just as good at them by now.
But, you devoted all of your time and attention to science...
And you became a scientist.
And, to be honest, you're brilliant and no one can take that away from you.
You practiced that field more so than most practice anything.
Practice works. Investing time is important.
You ARE a genius.
Ok, let's see.
What do I like about Adam?
So far, I've most fondly spoken on his ambition.
That's a part of him I feel I get excited about.
The balls he's got to have to dream of doing what every scientist dreams of doing, which is to do what no other scientist has ever done.
In this case, it's leaving this universe.
It's a quest with purpose, too; It's a journey with a destination.
He doesn't just want to poke his head through and take a look around.
No, he's looking for where all of everything started.
He has found that his (and our) universe is a bubble that has inflated off the side of the primary universe.
What got him thinking this?
What was the catalyst?
The major forces.
Gravity, Electromagnetism and the Weak and Strong Nuclear forces. (I believe... i'll look this up later and make sure)
Gravity is weaker than all the other forces.
Why? Nobody really knows.
All the other forces are at about the same power level.
But gravity doesn't match up.
Jump off a building.
You'll splat on the pavement.
Why don't you break through the ground and continue into the Earth's core where the planet's gravity is most intense?
Because electromagnetism stops you when you hit the ground and it's a stronger force than gravity.
Adam discovered that it's likely for gravity to be squeezing through from the primary universe. Somwhow, the gravity stream is blocked, so to speak, and it's not streaming out as ferociously as the other forces. This universe's gravity is only accessing a portion of the full force of gravity, which is streaming freely in the greater verse.
From there, he figured it was best to break some scientific ground and see if there was a way for him to travel out of this universe.
Yeah, that's ambitious.
Hannibal Barca.
I love that guy.
He was the General of Carthage and he hated Rome.
So, he attacked it. Walked through the Alps to do it.
Won every battle he ever fought except his last.
Lost the war. He never accomplished what he wanted.
He never destroyed Rome.
Why do I respect this figure so much?
It's because of his ambition.
Success aside, it was the level or intensity of his ambition that locked him down in history.
Adam is dangerously ambitious.
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