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Adaptive Significance is a science fiction novel centered in the debates of modern evolutionists. The story traces the main character, Cole Grace, from adolescence to manhood as he has to cope with his genetic ability of multi-consciousness, the ability to cogitate multiple thoughts simultaneously. On this journey, Cole makes friends and enemies of many powerful people—all of whom try to manipulate his “mental mutation” for their own purposes. As the story develops, Cole and Emily Mahoney, the female protagonist, approach Cole’s genetic mutation decidedly differently. While Cole just wants to experience a normal life, Emily wants to perpetuate and protect his genotype. The forces of evolution cannot be held at bay; Emily’s paranoia is realized when Cole’s differences are made public by an overly ambitious politician who manipulates the media to disseminate hate and fear through his new politically correct form of bigotry: mutant bashing. Cole’s extended family’s attempt to flee from their predators is futile. Even application of gravity manipulation to colonize Mars is not sufficient to distance them from a world bent on eliminating people who are different. Competition for the next rung on the evolutionary ladder eventually erupts into world war, with countries taking sides to enhance their own position. The military might of the United States is launched against a small but technically advanced defensive force. Adaptive Significance is an exciting novel presenting numerous complex characters and cultural paradigms. Adaptive Significance is unique in that it is grounded in the principles of classical science fiction. All plot machinations are feasible with today’s technology except for the manipulation of gravity, which is derived by finding an error in the foundation of modern physics. As Cole studies physics at the University of Michigan, he assumes one hundred twenty years ago Max Planck made the wrong decision. What if Plank assumed space-time was quantized instead of matter? This unique paradigm allows Cole to discover how to manipulate gravity. Instead of presenting the future as an extension of the present, Adaptive Significance reveals a future that is logically different from today. The automobile is replaced by an economically functional, safe and convenient transportation system. An urban metropolis is designed with an infrastructure to hinder obsolescence, a city with no trash pickup where everything is recyclable. I attempt to create a fictional world where good and evil are not judged by today’s standards of right and wrong. Rather, human behavior is displayed on a continuum of relative morality and etiquette replaces laws as the means of social judgment.
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