Grade 7, Education Alive
Once upon a time, there were two scientists who were best friends. Those two scientists were Mathew Dlamini and Eric Fortsword. Those two scientists were not only good scientists, but they were the best two scientists in the world. Dr Mathew wasn’t very fond of the way the earth was; he said, “We’re too used to being stupid. These days when we find someone stupid we comfort them instead of helping them.”
Although Dr Eric liked the way people understood different explanations, his words were, “If we all understood the same things, nothing would be special about us. We are humans with different understandings. That’s what makes us special.” So the two scientists never liked the way the other thought. One day, while the two scientists were working on a very special project, a school came to the lab of the scientists for a trip. The students wanted to see the two scientists in action, although Dr Mathew was very angry at the school for coming unannounced.
The teachers told him they were invited. Dr Mathew was confused and didn’t remember inviting them over, so he asked the teachers who invited them, and they said Eric Fortsword did! Dr Mathew was furious at Dr Eric, but it was already done. Dr Eric wanted to show Dr Mathew the beauty of different understandings. Dr Eric told Dr Mathew to take the school around the lab and show them their inventions. Dr Mathew tried to refuse but Eric told him to just give it a try, so Dr Mathew agreed and said this would be the first and last time he would do this. Dr Mathew showed the school their first invention.
Dr Mathew said, “This here is Dr Eric’s and my invention. It was called the gees uitwees 3000 which stands for mind-erase 3000. It is able to erase ten years’ worth of memory, but was never used on actual humans, only on animals such as rats.” The entire class was shocked that only two people had made that much progress in a matter of months. Dr Mathew also showed them their version of flying cars which used hydro-liquid fans for more care for the environment. Dr Mathew showed them a bunch of other inventions and was actually enjoying having them asking questions, such as how they powered their inventions. Dr Eric smiled, looking at Mathew enjoying himself. Dr Mathew showed them an invention they had made in only three weeks. It was called the invigilator, or known as virtual memory.
It was a small headset which covered their eyes and ears. Dr Mathew explained that it scanned the cerebrum and showed a reality of what the user was thinking. For example, if he thought of buildings full of ice cream the headset would show the buildings full of ice cream. The headset would also scan the somatosensory cortex and make sure everything you touched in the headset you would feel in real life.
The students wanted to put it on, but they were still in beta and testing. However, Dr Mathew let them put the invigilator on. As soon as they put the invigilator on the students started thinking of all their dreams and imaginings. Dr Mathew had told them they could share their thoughts if they wanted to, so the entire class shared their thoughts. Dr Mathew and Dr Eric decided to join and see what they were thinking of. Everyone was enjoying their thoughts until the memory chips started to fry. Dr Mathew noticed but by the time he did it was too late. Everyone was trapped in the invigilator, and they couldn’t escape. “DAMN IT!” Dr Mathew shouted, and Dr Eric said, “Dang it, I knew we should’ve gotten the tera bite chip. We’re now trapped in the invigilator.” The entire class was afraid and started thinking the worst, but the more they thought the more the chip fried. Dr Mathew was furious once again, telling himself he should’ve listened to his gut and not let the school in. Everyone was scared, even Dr Mathew and Dr Eric, until one student said, “What if we overload the headset? I mean if the chip is fried it means the headset won’t be able to process all our minds at once.”
Dr Eric was impressed, because the kid was right. If everyone thought of something huge or hard to process the headset would have to factory reset. Dr Eric shouted, “Everyone think of something impossible, and it should reset the headset.” Everyone did it, and sure enough it worked almost instantly. The scientists asked how he had thought of it, and he said he saw it in a movie once.
The day ended, and the school said they appreciated being invited and hoped to come back soon. Dr Eric asked if he thought earth was still horrible and Dr Mathew said, “It could be better,” but even he knew it was amazing. Dr Eric said, “Even the dumbest of dumb can surpass the genius in moments of being down.” In the end Dr Mathew realised he still had a lot to learn about mankind.