Pilula roja - Felip Biu

Pilula roja - Felip Biu

"Adonc, ja qu'avosse contribuit - o lhèu per'mor qu'avè contribuit - per las soas recèrcas a desvolopar la teoria de la gravitacion quantica d'anèths, presentada mei anar mei com ua rivau seriosa a la teoria de las còrdas entà unificar la relativitat generau e los concèptes de fisica quantica, Matthew qu'avè sentit, aubirat o comprés - ne sèi pas quau mot e convien lo mei - que las duas teorias, especulativas au delà, ne podèn pas miar enlòc.
E la consciéncia aguda, dolorosa, d'aquera mauescaduda de l'esperit uman que'u deishè, ad eth qui avè dedicat la soa joena vita a descobrir los secrets de la matèria, com anequelit".

E si precisament e valè mei non pas saber çò qui s'escon darrèr l'aparéncia de las causas ? Non seré pas mei avisat de refusar de préner la pilula roja quan nse'n hèn l'auhèrta ? A cadun de s'ac véder. Ua causa qu'ei segura : qu'ei un anar shens tornar.

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"Consequently, although he had contributed - or perhaps because he had contributed - through his research to developing the theory of quantum ring gravitation, increasingly presented as a serious rival to string theory for unifying general relativity and quantum physics concepts, Matthew had felt, suspected or understood - I don't know which word is more appropriate - that both theories, speculative to the highest degree, could lead nowhere. And the acute, painful awareness of this failure of the human mind left him, who had dedicated his young life to discovering the secrets of matter, as if shattered."
What if it were better not to know what lies behind the appearance of things? Wouldn't it be wiser to refuse to take the red pill when it's offered? It's up to each individual to decide. One thing's for sure: it's a one-way trip.

Per Noste edicions.

The author:

Felip Biu (1973) teaches Occitan at the University of Pau.
He has published a translation of H.-P. Lovecraft's Lo qui marmusava dens l’escuranha (The Whisperer in Darkness), as well as a translation of George Orwell's cult novel 1984 (Letras d'òc). And by the editions Per Noste: Pilula roja, Quaranta tres, Lo diable la se creme.