Allpocalypse brainstorm help, please!

[a1enzo]

Hey, folks! I seek some advice for an Allpocalypse plot device thing. See, I have something I'd like to offer, either to add to the snowball of reality-breaky stuff or to help fix things at the end, except... I have no idea what it actually does.

Comments

[slutbamwalla]

A paradigm shift in general terms refers to a total alteration of a way of thinking. The acceptance of a heliocentric solar system over a geocentric model, for example.

Inside a computer, a paradigm shift might mean something like converting the file structure from FAT to NTFS, or changing the OS from Windows to Linux -- things that would radically alter the way the world worked, or at least the methods by which the inhabitants understood and interacted with it. Alternatively, the character being a Codemaster implies that he would have the ability to alter source code, so if he changed something fundamental in the way the program/world functioned, that would be a paradigm shift, too.

In macro terms, it would be like someone having the ability to change the gravitational constant or the speed of light on a whim. It would radically change our perception of the universe and throw everything we currently understand out the window, since it is based on those fundamental assumptions.

[a1enzo]

Could well be a contributing factor to giving Milliways a good jolt sideways to absolutely everything, then.