Thread:Garr9988/@comment-5782071-20170108024434/@comment-111.69.151.164-20170109045431

It's a working theory. And it's not so much that they're left over from the BB, moreso that they encapsulate the entire existance of the reality that preceded the current one. In effect they are drawing on an infinite universe of energy. So yes, they could theoreticly run out. But I don't see that happening. And we know that Artie was being run ragged trying to go solo for at least a year or two, accounting for the time gap between the airing on the relevant Eureka episode and the season premiere.

My theory regarding exactly how artifacts are linked is to do with resonance. Each artifact resonating at a specific frequency that allows it to interact with the world around it. Sort of similar to cellphones. They're charged upon creation, then feed off energy to stay 'alive'. But when they activate they set off a frequency that causes various molecular vibrations and mutations. This can vary from causing chemicals in the body to surge or deplete, changing actual molecular structure or pulling together atoms to form something new. It's obviously helped by a bit of ancient magic, it can't all be called science even if it does loosely follow the same basic principles.

The idea behind goo is that it acts as a sort of insulator, preventing energy from getting in to charge the artifact further and muffling the resonance. And this energy is constanly in the arther, just functionless without an anchor of sorts. So when an emotion is strong enough to get the attention of the energy, for lack of a better word (there's enough examples to suggest at least a base level of sentience for artifacts) it immediately attatches itsle fot the most relevant object at hand.

Look, it isn't a foolproof theory and there are holes. And yes it's complicated. But I've yet to see any of you come up with better. Also I'm tired, and likely not explaining it well.