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Over the years we have been told that modern scientific research is so expensive that only major governments can sponsor it, placing it under the control of society. I have recently seen with my own eyes that this is not true.
The name of Lucas Benedict is well known in the city of London but virtually unknown outside of it. An orphan, he was brought up in a Benedictine monastery in the Philippines. He went on to finish second in his class at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and third in his class at the Harvard Business School. He is fluent in five languages, has a Doctorate in particle physics, and has written interesting publications in the field of finance and economics. As he neared his 30th birthday, Benedict became one of the ten richest people on the planet by trading scientific patents. While many claim they can recognize Indian and European traits in him, renowned anthropologist De-Meter from New Sorbonne contends that his ancestors were native South Americans.
Currently, the forty-five year old rarely appears in public. He resigned in scandal from the consortium that was funding a new elementary particle accelerator. At that time, Benedict announced the launching of his own research center on a secluded island in the South Pacific. Having once belonged to France, the island is now in full ownership of Benedict. Freed form his Asian financial assets, he invested money in building the world's largest privately owned physical laboratory where he invited the world's best brains to work.
One of his areas of research is in "temporal anomalies." Simply put, this has been interpreted as an attempt to build a time machine. A week ago our editors received word that he was successful. We had been unable to contact him directly, but Benedict invited us to visit his research center. Unfortunately any photo or video filming was forbidden and I have nothing to provide our readers other than my own experience.
I can express that in two words: so exciting! I saw a laboratory filled with modern equipment. My guides were people with the highest scientific authority, including Nobel Prize winner Zigmund Crowe and Fields Medal winner Lu Wong. Both of them confirmed that their first experiments in moving an object in time were successful. However, they refused to show me any of them. They did not tell me what object they had transferred and said only: "It consisted of more than one atom." Wong added, "Wait for the beginning of June. We will have something for you to see then."
We usually trust people like Crowe and Wong. And throughout his whole career, Lucas Benedict has been able to shake off any mistakes. He has no motivation to deceive us, as he already has fame and is not looking for additional investments. Was his time machine actually built? If so, this is an ambitious scientific breakthrough that may change the course of human history. It is a distressing idea that the invention could remain the personal property of Lucas Benedict. We can only guess how he will use it.
By Rita Lynch
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