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Recalculating Truth
When he returns from Guantanamo, Gus Sainte begins a journey to create a machine to read human tells and extract the truth. Testing the machine as it comes to life, Gus realizes that the truth can be a weapon that can kill and that creating a technological, all-knowing, electronic Genie will reveal secrets that embezzlers, terrorists, news anchors, and Supreme Court justice candidates would prefer to keep hidden. But it is not until an old flame, the gorgeous Cyrene Al-Masri, mysteriously returns to his life that he recognizes lies that are far more personal and dangerous.
Recalculating Truth is a technological thriller tale in the genre of Michael Crichton and the psychological exploration of Walker Percy.
Recalculating Truth is a technological thriller tale in the genre of Michael Crichton and the psychological exploration of Walker Percy.
424 pages, Paperback
First published August 22, 2014
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Paul H. Raymer
6Ìýbooks25ÌýfollowersOver forty plus years, Paul H. Raymer played a part in the birth of ten companies, developed more than twenty-five product lines, helped to raise three children, and is the author of the Residential Ventilation Handbook. He has gone back to his fiction roots by writing, RECALCULATING TRUTH a story that explores the blending of truth, technology, and the challenges of being an entrepreneur. In July of 2020 he published his second novel, DEATH AT THE EDGE OF THE DIAMOND that tells the coming of age story of Jon Megquire in the summer of 1979 in the fictional town of Tilley on Cape Cod. In July of 2022 he published SECOND LAW recounting Jon's disastrous attendance at a building science conference. And in August 2024 he will publish CONFINED SPACES telling the tale of Jon's tangle with money. Paul and his wife rattle around in an old inn on Cape Cod. Houses speak to him and tell him of their lives and loves. His wife, kids, and grandchildren tell him other tales.
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December 14, 2014
Ayrial King
What would happen if there was an app that told the whole truth and nothing but the truth? What is truth exactly, and is it more subjective than we believe? Paul H. Raymer explores these questions in his novel Reclaiming Truth. Gus Sainte, a soldier who was stationed at Guantanamo Bay after the September eleven attacks, builds a business and - with his colleagues and teams - a program around the concept of being able to discern the truth from all the lies of the world. However, as he and his teams continue to perfect the program, they encounter people who cannot afford to have their lies exposed. When the time comes to demonstrate what the truth-finding program can do, Sainte just might see why sometimes the truth is better off hidden.
What does being human mean in an age where technology becomes more and more prevalent? This plagues Sainte throughout him achieving his goal of developing a sophisticated truth-seeker, more advanced than any lie detector can become. You really learn a lot about what can be perceived as the truth amongst individuals, groups, and even cultures without being propaganda-like. As I read the book, I contemplated what I felt would be reasons to lie or tell the truth: Is it because of the consequences attached to both? Are those consequences truly objective or subjective in themselves or because we as humans attach the consequences we think a given situation deserves? I went through this alongside Gus, especially when the program was unveiled.
What would happen if there was an app that told the whole truth and nothing but the truth? What is truth exactly, and is it more subjective than we believe? Paul H. Raymer explores these questions in his novel Reclaiming Truth. Gus Sainte, a soldier who was stationed at Guantanamo Bay after the September eleven attacks, builds a business and - with his colleagues and teams - a program around the concept of being able to discern the truth from all the lies of the world. However, as he and his teams continue to perfect the program, they encounter people who cannot afford to have their lies exposed. When the time comes to demonstrate what the truth-finding program can do, Sainte just might see why sometimes the truth is better off hidden.
What does being human mean in an age where technology becomes more and more prevalent? This plagues Sainte throughout him achieving his goal of developing a sophisticated truth-seeker, more advanced than any lie detector can become. You really learn a lot about what can be perceived as the truth amongst individuals, groups, and even cultures without being propaganda-like. As I read the book, I contemplated what I felt would be reasons to lie or tell the truth: Is it because of the consequences attached to both? Are those consequences truly objective or subjective in themselves or because we as humans attach the consequences we think a given situation deserves? I went through this alongside Gus, especially when the program was unveiled.
January 26, 2015
Wow. I just finished reading "Recalculating Truth". I truly enjoyed this novel from the start. I feel like this could happen; could be happening right now! The characters are real.. I see Halle Berry as Diamon Jakes in the movie
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