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Finally, by closing my eyes and advancing blindly up the walkway, I
was able to attain the front door and ring a bell.

When I sensed the door swinging open, I raised my eyelids.

The person facing me, with an utterly normal reception room
backgrounding him, was a young, brown-haired man of average
appearance, wearing a white robe. The front of his robe bore a single large
black lowercase тАЬn.тАЭ

тАЬHello,тАЭ said the man pleasantly. тАЬIтАЩm Nick, a Neutron. Welcome to the
First Majoranist Temple. WonтАЩt you come in, please?тАЭ

I stepped inside and the door swung closed.

I introduced myself to Nick and explained my mission. He reacted
very enthusiastically.

тАЬThis is wonderful! Our religion has never had any publicity before,
and weтАЩre eager to attract converts. IтАЩll be happy to answer any questions
you might have.тАЭ

тАЬWell, firstтАФwhat kind of structure is this?тАЭ

тАЬOh, thatтАЩs simple. ItтАЩs a four-dimensional tesseract. A hypercube.
Have you ever read HeinleinтАЩs тАШтАФAnd He Built a Crooked HouseтАФтАЩ?тАЭ

тАЬNo, I canтАЩt say I have....тАЭ

тАЬWell, do so! YouтАЩll learn all you need to know. But surely our church
building is less interesting than our congregation and beliefs.тАЭ

тАЬYes, youтАЩre right of course. I believe you called yourself a
тАШMajoranistтАЩ...?тАЭ

тАЬThatтАЩs correct.тАЭ Nick proceeded to explain the life story of Ettore
Majorana, the man who had inspired their cult.
 тАЬSo,тАЭ I said, тАЬyou worship this scientist for his dedication to his
field...?тАЭ

тАЬNot at all. We merely regard him as a prophet and saint, the rock
upon which our church was founded. What we worship is the Standard
Model.тАЭ

тАЬThe Standard Model of what?тАЭ

Nick made an exasperated face. тАЬThere is only one Standard Model,
and thatтАЩs the current consensus paradigm of modern physics.тАЭ

тАЬYou mean, all that stuff about subatomic particles?тАЭ