We are not looking at a new state of matter but at a newly recognized relation
ship between consciousness and matter, which provides a more penetrating insig
ht into the workings of prescience. The oracle shapes a projected inner unive
rse to produce new external probabilities out of forces that are not understoo
d. There is no need to understand these forces before using them to shape the
physical universe. Ancient metal workers had no need to understand the molec
ular and submolecular complexities of their steel, bronze, copper, gold, and t
in. They invented mystical powers to describe the unknown while they continue
d to operate their forges and wield their hammers.

-Mother Superior Taraza, Argument in Council