definition

Hume is a unit for measuring actual strength and/or measured values in a specific area. An easy-to-understand metaphor goes like this: Imagine that everything in the universe is covered with a thin layer of sand. This is the basic reality-a unit of Hume. If the sand is removed in some way, there will be a part of the sand that is relatively small, and the degree of truth here will decrease. And if you fill in more sand, the reality will be "more". Therefore, using this metaphor, Hume is a unit to measure the amount of sand in a certain area. [ 1]

reference standard

All measurement methods need to be defined by a certain amount, so the staff of the foundation invented a method and created the benchmark Hume. They created two pockets of reality, each of which contained scranton's anchor of reality stability, and kept the Hume level of one high and one low respectively. These two grades are defined as 100 and 0 respectively. Through the reality of these two pockets, Hume's measurement is established.

measure

Hume index is measured by Kant counter. Kant's counter has a built-in entrance to the universe and two pockets, as mentioned above. Based on the reference readings, Hume readings of local areas can be measured.

Reality distortion

Reality distorter

Reality distorters are freaks who can play with reality. First, the reality around these people is generally less than normal. Second, their personal Hume readings will be higher than normal. The reason for this is of course their ability to distort reality. Generally speaking, the reading of a low-level reality distorter is about 75-80/ 130- 150 (Hume's level to the surrounding environment/Hume's level to the individual). However, we must be careful when dealing with low-level reality distorters, so as not to cause false positives in the judgment of reality distorters. These readings will fluctuate according to different individuals. However, those powerful reality distorters will read 40300, which means that the reality around them will be greatly distorted because of them. It is worth mentioning that SCP-343. Different from other reality distorters, it does not use any ability to influence the external reality, but its internal Hume reading is astronomical, with an average of 860 Hume (the average of seven different tests). This result can explain many things, and researchers who study SCP-343 have also had a heated discussion about it. Taking SCP-239 as an example, many powerful reality distorters have great abnormal Hume readings both inside and outside their influence areas, but the distortion caused by SCP-239 is very special. Her influence area is very small, limited to her sight and imagination (which seems to mean that she has unlimited influence, but in fact it only contains those things that she can specifically conceive, so appropriate containment measures can generally limit this ability. But her reading volume is 30/500, which enables her to approach the local reality in her influence area at will. Like 343, the significance, reasons and corresponding containment measures of this kind of reading are still under extensive discussion.

Atypical anomaly

For those non-human anomalies, Hume index can also be of great help, taking SCP-2464 as an example. The anomaly itself and the Hume index measurement of SCP-2464-2 have confirmed the speculation about the anomaly, which enables us to take more effective containment measures. Take SCP-668 as an example. When this thing is inactive, it will only increase the Hume reading within one meter around by about 2 Humes; Once in the active state, the readings of all Kant counters used for measurement will soar to astronomical figures (more than 670 Hume), and theoretically the influence range of this effect will extend to all known spaces indefinitely.

Realistic stability anchor

Long before Kant's invention of the counter, the Foundation manufactured and started the scranton Reality Stability Anchor to build SCP-2000. People know that stability anchors can work (stabilizing the local reality of 20 Humes) and why they can work (specifically, they are professional, but for another example, they will absorb sand from other different and unimportant universes to ensure our stability. Of course, that's not the case at all. It's just a similar metaphor )[ 1]