Little Rich suppressed the madness with sheer willpower again. As he gradually calmed down, he began reviewing his work once more.
He did not submit his answer to Slade immediately. That was only natural; checking one's work after finishing any problem was a good habit.
Especially when this formula concerned so much. If there was an error, everyone might end up in serious trouble. It would not be irredeemable, but all their previous advantages would be wasted.
If CAAT itself descended before the weapon in his hands was ready, they would be facing the enemy barehanded.
To deal with an alien Concept Entity, they still needed a Concept Weapon. Ordinary metals and energy would be somewhat lacking.
This was a battle of ideology and position. The vessel carrying thoughts was not actually important. Whether an idea existed in people's minds, in books, or on the Internet made little difference nowadays.
The boy closed his eyes, sorting through his chaotic thoughts as he recalled every step of his derivation.
To oppose so-called "correctness," he first needed to define it and the controversies it caused. Little Rich could only find corresponding clues in what had happened on 40K Earth. He was unsure whether it had a direct connection to the "correctness" outside, but he believed they were probably similar things.
In Earth-40K, Political Correctness originated from a 19th Century United States legal concept. It originally meant that a person's words and actions should "conform to judicial regulations" or "comply with the law or constitution."
There was nothing wrong with that, and it had nothing to do with the present situation.
By the 1980s, the concept had evolved into a demand that speech and behavior conform to mainstream public opinion or customs. In other words, in daily life, any speech or actions that