Suits: A Lawyer Surviving TV Chaos

Of course, Martin couldn't possibly discuss bedroom-related issues with Sheldon, who had no experience in such matters.

The incident involving Mary Cooper and their department head at university was enough to make him feel conflicted and troubled.

Martin just wanted to know a question that had been bothering him since childhood.What was the connection between this world and the previous one? Why did he wake up here after sleeping?

Now that Sheldon had evolved into his "completed form," perhaps he could explain this issue.

"I mean, bringing you to New York might have changed the entire trajectory of your life."

"If it weren't for me, you might have gone to Caltech. Of course, Leonard and the others are still there."

"You know, New Yorkers aren't as warm and friendly as Californians. I don't know if this will cause any trouble for your life or work?"

When it came to the secrets of his time travel and altering the storyline, Martin completely lacked the logic and rationality expected of a lawyer.

Sheldon listened quietly to Martin's words, thought for a moment, and then suddenly realized.

"Oh! So you want to discuss whether multi-dimensional spaces and parallel worlds exist?"

Martin gave a meaningful shake of his head.

Damn it, you're supposed to be a genius!

I've already beaten around the bush so much, and you summarized my question in one sentence!

Did you get full marks on the reading comprehension section of the college entrance exam?

Sheldon obviously didn't know how intense Martin's mental activity was at the moment.

"Very interesting. Although, thanks to my guidance, your mathematical abilities have surpassed those of an average undergraduate in the sciences, I must point out that the mathematical proof process for multi-dimensional spaces might be beyond your understanding."

"To make it easier for you to grasp, we'd better start from the basics."

Sheldon stood up from the couch, pulled a whiteboard next to the fridge over to the sofa, and unscrewed a marker.

Martin suddenly felt he had made a wrong decision.

"In mathematical terms, the entire world is composed of spatial dimensions."

"As you know, zero-dimension is a point with no length or width—though this point is also just a projection. One dimension is a line with only length, two dimensions form a plane, and three dimensions create a solid."

"Just by induction, we can see that each dimension builds a new coordinate axis perpendicular to the previous one. If you're skeptical, I have four other methods to prove this."

"Of course, some people consider time as a dimension, but I must say this is a delusion born from a complete lack of mathematical understanding because time has no meaning in mathematics."

Three hours later, Sheldon began expressing the existence of eleven-dimensional space using new mathematical forms.

After eight dimensions, Martin found it hard to keep up and had to ask him to slow down a bit.

After all, the hippocampus in the brain is responsible for memory, while the right brain handles logic and spatial abilities—they're entirely different things.

Even so, Martin listened with great interest to Sheldon's explanation, trying his best to understand the meaning of every sentence and every equation on the whiteboard.

This was the frontier of human knowledge in geometry and spatial mathematics!

Can you understand it? It's like flying into space in a spaceship and hitting the wall at the edge of the universe!

Don't you want to see what's on the other side of the wall?

Maybe there are aliens, or perhaps another mirror universe.

It's even possible that our universe is just a grain of sand in another world.

Who knows when unimaginably huge aliens might pick it up to build a house.

Just thinking about it feels so exciting!

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Without being reborn, one wouldn't know how important knowledge and learning are to a person!

However, this didn't answer Martin's initial question.

What exactly was the nature of this world?

Why, after bringing Sheldon to New York, did Leonard and Penny still appear?

Martin always felt that this world seemed to have self-awareness, constantly correcting the butterfly effect caused by his bug-like presence.

Like those manga artists do to their two-dimensional creations.

"OK! I think I roughly understand—at least up to eight dimensions, there's no problem."

Martin raised his hand like an elementary school student. "Sheldon, have you ever thought about whether consciousness arises from self and environmental control, or if someone is controlling us from the shadows?"

"You know, like in movies and comics."

Sheldon, interrupted, didn't show any dissatisfaction. After all, he had seen too many foolish students at school; Martin could only be considered an average level among ordinary people.

This was also why he had never taken on a teaching position at the university.

Sheldon put down the pen and said seriously, "Perhaps you remember that I encountered philosophical confusion during my early days at the University of Texas at Austin when I was eleven. This almost made me drop out."

"This is also why, besides physics, I chose philosophy as another doctoral major."

Martin nodded.

Young Sheldon had high hopes for university. After a series of struggles with Mary, he finally gained permission to attend the university in his state early.

However, in his first class, he encountered the biggest crisis of his life.

That was the compulsory philosophy theory course.

Anyone who has studied philosophy knows that the initial period of learning is simply a time of doubting life!

Sheldon was no exception. On the first day, he was depressed.

He didn't know whether he was a real person or just a dream of a butterfly.

Having pursued truth all his life, he suddenly felt that his existence was meaningless.

He became depressed, lying in bed and refusing to go to school because he thought going to school was meaningless. He feared that he might wake up at any moment and, driven by instinct, flutter his colorful wings to sip cherry blossom nectar.

It was Martin who persuaded Sheldon's grandmother to scare him with a hen, making him get up and board the school bus.

Fortunately, the philosophy teacher had seen this situation many times. A single sentence—"It's precisely because it has no meaning that we must seek what true meaning is"—revived Sheldon instantly.

He almost abandoned the full scholarship from the physics department for philosophy.

Philosophy can be deadly!

Sheldon clearly categorized Martin's questions about parallel spaces and the origin of consciousness under this scope.

"On the surface, consciousness is formed by habitual ways of thinking derived from human life experiences and interactions with others."

"Scientifically speaking, consciousness is the result of different hormone levels produced by various combinations of hundreds of electrical signals in the brain."

"The theory you mentioned about others or gods controlling our consciousness is similar to certain philosophical doctrines preached by many religions."

A rather profound question, and Sheldon analyzed and explained it from four perspectives: mathematics, sociology, biological science, and religious philosophy.

Is this the power of the chosen one?

Although Martin's question remained unresolved, the breadth of knowledge and depth of research were enough to leave one in awe!

(End of Chapter)