The world will never truly believe in something that goes beyond the limits of its own understanding. No matter how logical or systematic an idea is presented, if it goes against the established foundations of science, it will be rejected vehemently, mercilessly, and often without reconsideration.

  Such was the case with James. The majority of individuals who had witnessed his lengthy discussions, people with power, knowledge, and positions that determined the course of this civilization. Agreed on one thing, he (Only James) was nothing more than a clever trickster who was good at talking with his logic games.

  Those from the academic world see him as someone who simply relies on logic games without concrete evidence. They know that his words sound reasonable, even impressive, but they also know that science is not just about theories that can be typed on the internet. It's something that has to be proven with experiments, empirical data, and a traceable academic track record.

  There is not a single scientific publication that lists his name, not a single patent that shows that he has contributed to the development of technology. He is not in any records, and for those who are used to a rigorous, credibility-based science system, that is more than enough to reject him.

  Governments and intelligence organizations are no different. They have seen many individuals like this before. People who emerge from the shadows, ciming to have world-changing knowledge, but in the end are nothing more than attention-seeking chartans.

  Could he be right? Probably. However, for them, information is not checked based on probability. Information can only have value if it comes from a verifiable source. Only James has no origin, no authority, and no clear identity; no country recognizing his existence, no university ciming to be the pinnacle of his incipient achievement, no history showing that he ever existed on the forum. In the eyes of those at the top of the information pyramid, if something cannot be traced to its origin, then it does not exist.

  Despite the disbelief in him, there were a handful of voices that chose not to immediately dismiss the possibility. They may be few, but they exist.

  Some are passive curious observers, waiting to see what the future holds-even if it is just a rumor. History shows that many things that were once thought to be impossible, eventually prove to be true.

  Others who are equally involved remain silent. Not because they had no opinion, but because they chose the safer path. They felt the power in James' words, but realized that supporting him would invite disdain from the wider academic community.

  However, the least among them were those who truly believed. Not believing that Only James spoke the absolute truth, not believing that everything he said was a sure thing, but they believed that the words came from the bottom of his heart. No one could speak like that without conviction, without a real understanding of what he was talking about. They couldn't be sure if he was right, but they could see that he wasn't pying around.

  Still, this minority did not have the power to change the mainstream. Their voices were too small compared to the huge wave that had already rejected James' ideas outright.

  Because in the end, those who live in this world will only believe in something that is in line with the development of their own civilization. And the science brought by James... was not in line with this world. It was too far, too beyond, too contrary to the reality they had built up over the centuries.

  However, there was another group who knew with certainty that Only James was not pying a joke. The governments of developed countries; those who were conducting secret research to exploit atomic particle energy and turn it into a military weapon.

  Although of course, they only partially understood what Only James was expining; in fact, they were shocked to actually learn that the weapon they were developing had unreasonable potential against the surrounding environment and living beings.

  So, like all prematurely born ideas, it was rejected. Not because it was impossible, not because it was wrong, but because the world was not ready to understand it.

  This world wasn't a completely different world from the one James had known, but it wasn't completely the same either. Cities still stood, vehicles still drove on the roads, and humans still struggled to build their civilization from one era to the next.

  But behind every simir-looking advancement, there is something far different. Here, humans struggled to grasp abstract concepts like Formus, causing technological progress to be stunted for thousands of years, locking civilization in a stagnation too long to be called natural.

  Without the ability to formute complex mathematical concepts, science does not progress as it should. The civilization still advanced, but over a much longer time span and with much slower methods.

  Every innovation is not born from a solid theory that is systematically analyzed, but from almost endless trial and error. Machines were invented not because there were comprehensive thermodynamic calcutions leading to them, but because someone was persistent enough in tinkering with the mechanisms until something finally worked. Flight was eventually invented, but only after centuries of experiments that were more akin to luck than science-based exploration of aerodynamics. Even the computer, which in James' world was a symbol of the triumph of mathematics and logic, is more like a crude mechanical machine that evolved without a strong algorithmic basis.

  As a result, although the world has finally reached the modern era, it is a fwed modernity. A world that gs behind James' civilization by more than two thousand years. Great states remained, but their systems of government were not as developed as in his world. Democracy existed, but it never repced monarchy completely. Nobles and royal families (governments) still wield strong influence, not just as symbols of tradition, but as real rulers who are still in control of most of the world.

  In this world, the monarchy system never really colpsed because there was never a revolution strong enough to overthrow it, instead, they exploited the genius bloodline to strengthen the upper css.

  Note that "difficult" does not mean "impossible". It's true that the popution of individuals capable of learning abstract concepts is not as rge as it was in James' previous world, but if it were, they would be a valuable resource that is fought over by various elite oppositions.

  The intelligence to understand abstract concepts is passed down through a select lineage, allowing the nobility and government to freely monopolize the pilrs of civilization. To make matters worse... Discrimination and racism become natural; for example-if in James' world same-sex retionships are legal, in this world they are strictly forbidden on the grounds that they have the potential to hinder the superiority of humans who are able to understand abstract concepts; which will hinder civilization longer and more severely.

  No Renaissance developed with enough mathematical and physical foundations to trigger the Industrial Revolution on the scale it should have. No Newton invented complex calculus to expin the ws of motion and gravity. No Einstein to formute complete retivity like James' world. Without them, no scientific revolution could have changed the power structure. And so, the aristocracy remained in power, not just as a historical legacy, but because there was never a better system to repce them.

  Without economics evolving based on rigorous mathematical models, the global financial system also evolves slowly and chaotically. Capitalism existed, but not as aggressively as James' world. Communism had also emerged, but failed to develop as effectively as it had in the previous world. Major conflicts still occur - world wars still break out, revolutions still arise - but they are slower, messier, less directed. History still proceeds in a simir pattern, but the timeline shifts. Some events that in James' world happened in a short time here took centuries to reach the same point.

  In the end, although this world has achieved modernity, it has done so in a messy, deyed manner, and with historical wounds that never really healed. If in James' world, the present was the result of a chain of scientific revolutions that developed rapidly over the past few centuries, then here it is the result of thousands of years of stagnation that was finally broken in a much more crude and inefficient way. This civilization did not colpse, but it never really got going as fast as it should have. The world is living proof that without a simple understanding of abstract concepts like Formus, the effects can be unimaginable. Humans can still progress, but at a very high price.