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Narrator: In July 4th, 1947, a strange flying object dropped at a desert in New Mexico, USA.
Narrator: In July 4th, 1947, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_UFO_incident a strange flying object] dropped into a desert in New Mexico, USA.
Narrator: Even now, its identity has not been ascertained.
Narrator: Even now, its identity has not been ascertained.
Lain: Who is it?
Lain: Who was it?
Lain: Who is it?
Lain: Who was it?
Narrator: In 1984, James Chandra, a TV producer, received an undeveloped roll of film in a brown envelope from an anonymous
Narrator: In 1984, Jaime Shandera, a TV producer, received an undeveloped roll of film in a brown envelope from an anonymous person.
Narrator: In the film was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majestic_12 the MJ-12 document].
Narrator: In the film was the MJ-12 document.
Narrator: It said that 12 people made a secret pact with an extraterrestrial under the President's direct orders.
Narrator: It said that 12 people made a secret pact with an extraterrestrial under the President's direct orders.
Narrator: Roscoe Hillenketter, who was the director of the CIA when the Roswell incident happened, was the chief of the 12
Narrator: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_H._Hillenkoetter Roscoe Hillenkoetter], who was the director of the CIA when the Roswell incident happened, was the chief of the 12 people.
Narrator: It is well known now that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman President Truman]'s signature was copied from another document.
Narrator: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannevar_Bush Vannevar Bush], who was a Head of Department in MIT, was one of the 12 members of MJ-12.
Narrator: Vannevar Bush, who was a Head of Department in MIT, was one of the 12 members of MJ-12.
Ear: I see, then, since when have we been here?
Ear: I see, then, since when have we been here?
Ear: I know we have not been here since the beginning of this world.
Ear: I know we didn't start existing at the beginning of this world.
Eye: That's nothing to be concerned about!
Eye: That's nothing to be concerned about!
Narrator: Vannevar Bush put forward a new plan to extend memories, MEMEX, in 1945.
Narrator: Vannevar Bush put forward a new plan to extend memories, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memex MEMEX], in 1945.
Narrator: It was a system to view information in microfilm on a translucent screen.
Narrator: It was a system to view information in microfilm on a translucent screen.
Narrator: He planned to compress information to access it quickly.
Narrator: He planned to compress information to access it quickly.
Narrator: Bush led the Manhattan project that produced an atomic bomb.
Narrator: Bush led the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project Manhattan Project] that produced an atomic bomb.
Narrator: He also made the foundations of multimedia at the same time.
Narrator: He also made the foundations of multimedia at the same time.
Narrator: John C. Lilly explored the human unconscious an experiment with sensory deprivation by using drugs and an isolation
Narrator: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Lilly John C. Lilly] explored the human unconscious in an experiment with sensory deprivation by using drugs and an isolation tank.
tank.
Narrator: He thought that he was connected to something like an existence in space.
Narrator: He thought that he was connected to something like an existence in space.
Taro: !
Taro: !
Lain: It's you, Taro, right?
Lain: It was you, Taro, right?
Lain(w): You're one of the Knights, aren't you?
Lain(w): You're one of the Knights, aren't you?
Lain(w): The only other me with a body only appeared in the club.
Lain(w): The only other me with a body only appeared in the club.
Lain(w): It would be enough if you modify the memories of people who were there.
Lain(w): It would have been enough just to modify the memories of people who were there.
Taro: I can't...
Taro: I can't...
Taro: It wasn't me...
Taro: It wasn't me...
Taro: But I know that the data that JJ receives has such effect.
Taro: But I know that the data that JJ receives can have such effects.
Lain(w): If I install this chip, what will happen to me?
Lain(w): If I install this chip, what will happen to me?
Lain(w): Would I suicide? Or would I go insane?
Lain(w): Would I commit suicide? Or would I go insane?
Taro: I don't know. I'm too young to be a formal member of Knights. I'm only...
Taro: I don't know. I'm too young to be a formal member of Knights. I'm only...
Lain(w): What will this do?
Lain(w): What will this do?
Taro: It is an involatile memory. It will rewrite the memories which already exist.
Taro: It's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-volatile_memory nonvolatile memory]. It will overwrite existing memories.
Lain(w): What kinds of memories?
Lain(w): What kinds of memories?
Taro: Knights aren't just crackers, Lain.
Taro: Knights aren't just crackers, Lain.
Taro: ?
Taro: Uh...
Taro: You're strange. That's why the Knights are interested in you.
Taro: You're strange. That's why the Knights are interested in you.
Taro: Knights fight in order to make the only truth real.
Taro: Knights fight in order to make the only truth become real.
Lain: I don't understand. What's the only truth?
Lain: I don't understand. What's the only truth?
Taro: Truth is justice because it is true.
Taro: Truth is justice because it is true.
Taro: Don't you think this is very persuasive?
Taro: Don't you find it convincing?
Taro: Don't you also want such a truth?
Taro: Don't you also want such a truth?
Narrator: Ted Nelson, who learned from heretic pioneers Vannevar Bush and John C. Lilly,
Narrator: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Nelson Ted Nelson], who learned from heretic pioneers Vannevar Bush and John C. Lilly,
Narrator: made a plan for a digital library in orbit that can be used anywhere on earth through electromagnetic waves and a
Narrator: made a plan for a digital library in orbit that can be used anywhere on earth through electromagnetic waves and a telephone network.
telephone network.
Narrator: It would be a utopia where every text from every culture will exist forever.
Narrator: It would be a utopia where every text from every culture will exist forever.
Narrator: The earth itself has peculiar electromagnetic waves.
Narrator: The earth itself has peculiar electromagnetic waves.
Narrator: There are always resonances between the ground and the ionosphere at 8 Hz in the ELF band. It is called the
Narrator: There are always resonances between the ground and the ionosphere at 8 Hz in the ELF band. This is called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schumann_resonances Schumann Resonance].
Narrator: It is the brain wave of the earth. But we still don't know how it affects humans.
Narrator: It is the brain wave of the earth. But we still don't know how it affects humans.
Narrator: The human population on Earth is aproaching the number of neurons in the brain.
Narrator: The human population on Earth is approaching the number of neurons in the brain.
a network.
Narrator: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Rushkoff Douglas Rushkoff] claims that it will awaken the consciousness of Earth itself by connecting humans to each other in a network.
Narrator: The network has quickly grown into a form like the neurones in the brain, so the Earth itself will become a neural
Narrator: The network has quickly grown into a form like the neurons in the brain, so the Earth itself will become a neural network.
network.
Narrator: Eiri Masami was a chief research worker in Tachibana Labs.
Narrator: Eiri Masami was a chief research worker in Tachibana Labs.
Narrator: He improved the theory of Earth's neural network.
Narrator: He caused the theory about Earth's neural network to progress.
Narrator: He advocated that every human's unconscious should be connected to a wireless network without devices through the
Narrator: He advocated that every human's unconscious should be connected to a wireless network without devices through the Schumann effect.
Schumann effect.
Narrator: He added a function to use the Schumann Resonances to the 7th protocol code on his own discretion.
Narrator: He added a function to use the Schumann Resonances to the 7th protocol code on his own discretion.
Narrator: When Tachibana Labs found out, they fired him.
Narrator: When Tachibana Labs found out, they fired him.
Narrator: One week later, Eiri's corpse was found run over and killed at the railway on Yamanote line.
Narrator: One week later, Eiri's corpse was found run over and killed on the railway on Yamanote line.
Newspaper: Mr. Eiri Masami
Newspaper: Mr. Eiri Masami
(Adapted from [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/rumors/09protocol_en.txt] and from memory.)
(Adapted from [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/rumors/09protocol_en.txt] and from memory. Originally translated by Keisuke Shindo.)
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