THE ULTIMATE EXPERIMENT: A SCIENCE FICTION SHORT STORY, PART IX

                               Restarting The Ultimate Experiment

                                      An unpublished short story

                              THE UNLIMATE EXPERIMENT

“That is correct, Professor Stewart.  We are left with one dimension, one universe that is infinite, a universe of energy, and a universe where physical reality does not exist.  The one remaining universe is heaven.”

Both men fell silent.  Ball continued, “I have thought about the next aspect of my theory a great deal.  As I said, I am not a religious man.  But I appreciate the good and the evil in the world.  If the one remaining dimension is heaven, then what comprises hell?  Could it be a continuum of the heavenly dimension, or does it not exist?”

Ball paused for emphasis, and then continued, “I propose that hell does not exist.  The reward for an errant life is oblivion.  Your life force is dissipated for some other purpose and your consciousness, your existence is lost.”