 What is the best representation of the significance of the boy who falls sick at the end?
As director of psionic research at the Hoffman Medical Center, he had long since learned how administrative detail could suck up daytime hours. "A Theory of Psionic Influence on Infant and Child Development." When they were finally forced to recognize that this great and powerful force did indeed exist in human minds, with unimaginable potential if it could only be unlocked, they had plunged eagerly into the search, and found themselves in a maddening bramble bush of contradictions and chaos. "I want to hear this fairy tale you're about to publish in the name of 'Theory'," Melrose said. "If the papers you've already published are a preview, we think it's false as Satan."
 It shows that Dr. Melrose could have been right, because this is not consistent with Dr. Lessing's prior conclusions
 It shows that Dr. Melrose could have been right, because this is not consistent with Dr. Lessing's prior conclusions  The incident is proof that Dr. Lessing should give up on his work  It means Dr. Lessing's book needs another round of edits which will take a lot of time  It shows Dr. Melrose where the weak points in Dr. Lessing's work is