Ernst Jünger: DIE SCHERE #22: Text
22
Signale strahlen nicht nur linear, sondern auch kreis- und kugelförmig
aus. Gehörte der Bildschirm zur Ausrüstung eines Satelliten, so würde
sich auf anderen Satelliten die zurückgelegte Strecke als länger oder
kürzer darstellen.
Der Empfang ist überall im Universum möglichwir wissen nicht, was
geschieht, wenn wir ein Signal geben. Nur Ort und Datum der Sendung sind
zu konstatieren etwa die Explosion einer Sonne nach Millionen von
Lichtjahren. Die Nachricht erreicht die Sterne zu verschiedenen Zeiten
manche verheerend, andere bleiben unberührt. Selbst bei uns ist die
Wirkung verschieden, je nachdem, ob das Ereignis in Babylon, Altchina
oder auf unseren Warten registriert wurde.
DIE SCHERE #22: Walter's Translation
22
Signals not only send in rays, but also in circles and spheres. If a monitor
were part of a satellite's equipment, the distance covered would be displayed
in other satellites as longer or shorter.
Reception is possible from every point of the universe. We do not know what is
going to happen if we give a signal. Only place and time of a sending can be
stated - like the explosion of a sun after millions of light years. The news
reaches the stars at different times - devastating some, leaving others
untouched. It even affects us in different ways, according to where the event
was registered, in Babylon, ancient China or in our watch-towers.
DIE SCHERE #22: Thomas Friese's Translation
Signals are irradiated not only linearly but also in circular and
> > spherical form. Were a monitor to form part of a satellite's equipment,
> the
> > path travelled would be represented on the other satellites as longer
or
> > shorter.
> > Reception is possible at every point in the universe - we don't know
> what
> > happens when we send a signal. Only the place and time of the dispatch
> can
> > be verified - perhaps the explosion of a sun after millions of
> light-years.
> > The news reaches the stars at different times - some are destroyed,
> others
> > are not disturbed. Here too the effects are diverse depending on
whether
> > the event was registered in Babylon, Ancient China, or by our own
> > observers.
DIE SCHERE #22: Notes
#22 spins out the play with the idea which EJ started in #21. Different
satellites at
different positions would measure different distances travelled by the same
signal which
they would would receive at different times. The impact of the same signal can
thus vary
widely. The explosion of a sun somewhere in the universe can devastate stars in
its
proximity but have no effect on distant ones. All this sounds pretty unexciting
--until we
reach the last sentence. Depending on the distance from earth at which that
cosmic disaster
took place it would be registered by different civilizations on earth because
it arrives at
different moments of world history. Accordingly, the interpretations of such an
event could
be mythological, religious or scientific, thus would differ widely. The reason
for such
differences -- to remain within the imagery used by EJ here-- is that mankind's
monitors and
programming change in the course of world history. Other cultures, other
hardware and
software.
Günter Rebing
