DEAR SOPHIA,

IT TOOK US 2,400 YEARS TO JUST TO GET BACK TO WHAT DEMOCRATIUS WAS THINKING. IN 400 B.C.(FYI HE IS CONSIDERED THE FATHER OF SCIENCE), HE POSTULATED THAT IF YOU KEEP SLICING MATTER IN SMALLER AND SMALLER PIECES, YOU GET DOWN TO THE SMALLEST POSSIBLE PARTICLE, WHICH HE CALLED THE ATOM. BY THE 19TH CENTURY, WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT THE ATOM AGAIN. KEEP IN MIND, THE ATOM WAS THOUGHT TO BE INDIVISIBLE. EINSTEIN FIGURED OUT 1 KILO OF MATTER TIMES THE SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED EQUALS ENERGY IF YOU CAN DIVIDE THE ATOM. THIS LEFT A PARADOX, WHICH WAS IS THERE A PARTICLE THAT CANNOT BE DIVIDED ANY FURTHER. WELL, IN THE LAST 100 YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THE ANSWER TO DEMOCRATIUS’ QUESTION. IT TURNS OUT WHEN YOU SPLIT AN ATOM THERE ARE SMALLER PARTICLES INSIDE. SO NOW WE THINK WE HAVE FOUND THE SMALLEST PARTICLE THAT CAN NO LONGER BE DIVIDED (THE REAL DEMOCRATIUS ATOM) AND IT IS CALLED A “HIGGS BOSON.” THE SMALLEST PARTICLE IS A TYPE OF BOSON NAMED AFTER THE SCIENTIST, HIGGS, WHO THEORIZED IT’S EXISTENCE. IT’S NAME REALLY SHOULD BE ATOM. IT ONLY TOOK US 2,400 YEARS TO GET BACK TO WHAT THE ANCIENTS WERE THINKING IN THEIR MINDS ALONE WITHOUT ANY SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, NO ELECTRICITY, NO COMPUTERS, NOT EVEN A STEAM ENGINE.

THE LESSON IS YOUR MIND IS THE MOST POWERFUL INSTRUMENT IN THE UNIVERSE. IF YOU THINK IT, IT CAN BE DONE. TECHNOLOGY IS SIMPLY A USEFUL TOOL, INCLUDING AI. IT CANNOT REPLACE THE HUMAN MIND. AI IS SIMPLY A COMPILATION OF ALL DOCUMENTED HUMAN THOUGHT. IT CANNOT CREATE SOMETHING NEW. IT CAN PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER IN DIFFERENT WAYS BUT IT CANNOT CREATE NEW PIECES.

I LOVE AND MISS YOU VERY MUCH, SOPHIA.I HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON.

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LOVE,

DAD