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===Origin===
===Origin===


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'''BioCrisis'''
 
Humans' use of nuclear material contaminated whole countrysides. - At least [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W_lLhBt8Vg&t=4m19s nuclear weapons] aren’t fired or tested  these days but their remnants are still there. - To date, nuclear power plants produce radioactive waste while suitable locations for repositories are still subject of controversial debates. Due to that radioactive waste was [[wikipedia:Ocean_disposal_of_radioactive_waste|officially]] and [[wikipedia:Radioactive_waste#Illegal_dumping|unofficially]] sunk in oceans. It was just a matter of time until the barrels would leak from rust. Besides the catastrophic accidents like Chernobyl and Fukushima, there was also a sneaking contamination of agriculture by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertilizer#Radioactive_element_accumulation phosphate fertilizers]. Alone in Germany it's 160 metric tons uran each year<ref name="dangerous drinking water">The documentation "Gefährliches Trinkwasser" ("Dangerous drinking water") aired on German (public broadcasting) TV channel "NDR": https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/139715/OniGalore/Gefaehrliches_Trinkwasser.flv<br>Textual summary on the website of the German (public broadcasting) TV channel "3sat": http://www.3sat.de/page/?source=/ard/165954/index.html ([https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/139715/OniGalore/RS_T_Sources/Gefaehrliches_Trinkwasser.zip mirror])</ref>.
Humans' use of nuclear material contaminated whole countrysides. - At least [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W_lLhBt8Vg&t=4m19s nuclear weapons] aren’t fired or tested  these days but their remnants are still there. - To date, nuclear power plants produce radioactive waste while suitable locations for repositories are still subject of controversial debates. Due to that radioactive waste was [[wikipedia:Ocean_disposal_of_radioactive_waste|officially]] and [[wikipedia:Radioactive_waste#Illegal_dumping|unofficially]] sunk in oceans. It was just a matter of time until the barrels would leak from rust. Besides the catastrophic accidents like Chernobyl and Fukushima, there was also a sneaking contamination of agriculture by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertilizer#Radioactive_element_accumulation phosphate fertilizers]. Alone in Germany it's 160 metric tons uran each year<ref name="dangerous drinking water">The documentation "Gefährliches Trinkwasser" ("Dangerous drinking water") aired on German (public broadcasting) TV channel "NDR": https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/139715/OniGalore/Gefaehrliches_Trinkwasser.flv<br>Textual summary on the website of the German (public broadcasting) TV channel "3sat": http://www.3sat.de/page/?source=/ard/165954/index.html ([https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/139715/OniGalore/RS_T_Sources/Gefaehrliches_Trinkwasser.zip mirror])</ref>.


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'''Arguments of an ''in vitro Daodan'''''
====ACCs====
 
: [[Quotes/Speech#Scanner_room 13_65_27|Kerr]]: "[...] We had never intended to implant those Chrysalises. [...]"
Why would they build prototypes when they weren't going to use them?
 
It can be argued that these prototypes were meant for [[wikipedia:In_vitro|in vitro experiments]], not in vivo.
 
: If the Daodan project was intended as tool to cure human cells in glass tubes, minimization could lead to portable devices used in cases of emergency.
 
: Probably you would insert a few cells to daodanize and replicate them. Expose it afterwards to doses of negative stimuli such as toxins and grow adapted tissue or organs. Before transplanting the daodanized cells, their ability to adapt and hyperregenerate would be turned off. Then it would be like bioprinting (a.k.a. [[wikipedia:Tissue_engineering|tissue engineering]]) with normal cells.
 
: However, the question remains why Konoko's and Muro's DNA was taken for the prototypes.
 
:* During life, mutations accumulate inside the genetic and epigenetic code. The codes of children is less mutated, hence need less repair, also the telomeres are longer.
:* There's no need to draw attention to an illegal project by asking other parents for tissue samples from their children.
:* If Hasegawa and Kerr repetitively needs new samples they would have Muro and Mai as source without asking anyone else from the outside.
 
:Although there are points to backup an "in vitro" scenario, the WCG could easily spread doubts about such a Daodan to an audience which lacks the technical background which would be pretty much everyone.
 
 
'''Arguments of an ''in vivo Daodan'''
 
:13_65_35 Kerr: "[...] The effect of the mutation is influenced by the subject's nature."
 
A "Box-Daodan" could never get influenced by someone's personality.
 
If a human hand or foot gets heavily wounded, after regeneration it might be crippled. While Axolotl salamanders are much better in restoring their extremities, they can't regenerate everything. Only more primitive lifeforms can fully regenerate from portions of their body as [[wikipedia:Planarian|Planarians]] do.
 
So for an accurate regeneration of the complex human body the Daodan needs an own ''self-awareness'', mainly a genetic and anatomic model of itself, as already written in the [[#Explanation attempt of the biological dimension|explanation attempt]] section. The processing cell organelles in neurons open a little door so that the Doadan can get influenced. This might be the reason for Kerr's "wishful thinking".
 
The only way Hasegawa and Kerr could have discovered this possible side effect, is an entire brain simulation with Daodan cells.
 
But why should they have done that? A complete brain simulation seems less necessary if they were just aiming for an ''in vitro Daodan''.
 
Speaking of injuries, also the brain can get injured and these can not only be life threatening but also alter the way someone feel, remember and think. Kerr and Co. could have run simulations to see how well the tissues grow together again. In doing so they might have accidentally discovered circumstances where the neuronal activities led to novel interactions with the Daodan organelles.
 
 
'''ACCs'''
 
The government desperately tried to kill the mutated mycorrhiza by applying aggressive herbicides and fungicides. The chemical remnants were steadily accumulating in air, water and soil. The air was becoming toxic even to humans in a foreseeable time. This again forced the WCG to build the so-called Atmospheric Conversion Centers. They were trading a big evil against a marginal smaller one.
The government desperately tried to kill the mutated mycorrhiza by applying aggressive herbicides and fungicides. The chemical remnants were steadily accumulating in air, water and soil. The air was becoming toxic even to humans in a foreseeable time. This again forced the WCG to build the so-called Atmospheric Conversion Centers. They were trading a big evil against a marginal smaller one.




'''Hasegawa's motive: Jamie's Death'''
====Jamie's Death====
 
: [[Quotes/Speech#Intro_4|12_43_11]] Hasegawa: "The world outside the Atmospheric Processors is poisonous. If something isn't done we are all doomed. Jamie's death won't be in vain. '''I'm going to do something about the nightmare that killed her.''' Her brother will help me. He misses her as much as I do."
: [[Quotes/Speech#Intro_4|12_43_11]] Hasegawa: "The world outside the Atmospheric Processors is poisonous. If something isn't done we are all doomed. Jamie's death won't be in vain. '''I'm going to do something about the nightmare that killed her.''' Her brother will help me. He misses her as much as I do."


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'''Wasn't Hasegawa sentenced?'''
====Wasn't Hasegawa sentenced?====
 
Hasegawa wasn't authorized to enter the Wilderness Preserve and he killed his wife. So, there must have been a lawsuit.
Hasegawa wasn't authorized to enter the Wilderness Preserve and he killed his wife. So, there must have been a lawsuit.


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'''When did Mukade join?'''
====When did Mukade join?====
 
Ninjas have always been interested in knowledge and new technology. So, at least Mukade, as a boss of his clan, monitored WCG's and the Syndicate's scientific projects. Either he would have become informed by reading the first summary of Hasegawa's simulations or even earlier when the two scientists made the deal with the Syndicate.
Ninjas have always been interested in knowledge and new technology. So, at least Mukade, as a boss of his clan, monitored WCG's and the Syndicate's scientific projects. Either he would have become informed by reading the first summary of Hasegawa's simulations or even earlier when the two scientists made the deal with the Syndicate.




'''Introduction of Pensatore'''
====Introduction of Pensatore====
 
Hasegawa and Kerr request more computing power.
Hasegawa and Kerr request more computing power.


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'''Full body simulations'''
====Full body simulations====
 
Computing power was limited. So taking the children virtual bodies (possessing roughly half the number of cells of adults) helped out Hasegawa's project once more.
Computing power was limited. So taking the children virtual bodies (possessing roughly half the number of cells of adults) helped out Hasegawa's project once more.


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'''Rise of TITAN'''
====How Syndicate's TITAN became a tool for further research====
 
During Muro's leadership TITAN may or may not have gained some sort of key role in the Daodan project.
During Muro's leadership TITAN may or may not have gained some sort of key role in the Daodan project.


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'''Hasegawa's philosophy: death is worse than questionable ethics'''


===Aftermath===
====Ninja-SLDs a.k.a Daodan-droids?====
[...]
====[[Restless_Souls/Technology#Mukade.2C_the_SLD|Ego-Hybrida]]====
[...]
====What happened to Hasegawa?====
A) Hasegawa is still kicking.
[...]
B) Hasegawa takes a nap.
In Pensatore's opinion Mukade accumulates too much power.
Inspired by the Daodan, he has his own plan now, the Omega-Chimera, successor of the SLD, is supposed to form a Biocracy.
He tries to take control over Muro. Sturmänderung is absolutely unnecessary.
Mukade (Ego-Hybrida) sends a man after Pensatore. The scientists are currently working in an underwater lab in Antarctica.
In an accident Hasegawa drowns. His body can be retrieved but his mind is beyond repair. (When Mai finds him, she collapses.)
Only Pensatore is able to repair Hasegawa's mind with brain-engramms Mukade using now but he refuses. Hasegawa is now a "frozen guarantee".
===Some more political/social/ethical aspects===
====Hasegawa's philosophy: death is worse than questionable ethics====
: Hasegawa: "In a democracy you need the majority to change a situation. But in the WCG there's no such thing like a majority nor a democracy. We missed to accomplish our chances with normal means.  Now, only a revolution can bring change. If you don't have the guts to pull it off then I will do it. Or rather... If the entire society's intelligence wasn't enough to ensure our survival then I will empower the human body to protect ourselves."
: Hasegawa: "In a democracy you need the majority to change a situation. But in the WCG there's no such thing like a majority nor a democracy. We missed to accomplish our chances with normal means.  Now, only a revolution can bring change. If you don't have the guts to pull it off then I will do it. Or rather... If the entire society's intelligence wasn't enough to ensure our survival then I will empower the human body to protect ourselves."


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'''Ninja-SLDs a.k.a Daodan-droids?'''
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[...]
 
 
'''[[Restless_Souls/Technology#Mukade.2C_the_SLD|Ego-Hybrida]]'''
 
[...]
 
 
'''What happened to Hasegawa?'''
 
A) Hasegawa is still kicking.
 
[...]
 
B) Hasegawa takes a nap.
 
In Pensatore's opinion Mukade accumulates too much power.
 
Inspired by the Daodan, he has his own plan now, the Omega-Chimera, successor of the SLD, is supposed to form a Biocracy.
 
He tries to take control over Muro. Sturmänderung is absolutely unnecessary.
 
Mukade (Ego-Hybrida) sends a man after Pensatore. The scientists are currently working in an underwater lab in Antarctica.
 
In an accident Hasegawa drowns. His body can be retrieved but his mind is beyond repair. (When Mai finds him, she collapses.)
 
Only Pensatore is able to repair Hasegawa's mind with brain-engramms Mukade using now but he refuses. Hasegawa is now a "frozen guarantee".
 
 
 
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{{divhide|German translation ...}}


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Side note: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb5ojdciO1E "When the wild wind blows" by Iron Maiden] (up to time code 10:00) might fit for an AMV-styled video of a custom level featuring Jamie and the Prof. in the city and the wilderness. On a second thought it could be also used for the Sturmänderung event.
Side note: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb5ojdciO1E "When the wild wind blows" by Iron Maiden] (up to time code 10:00) might fit for an AMV-styled video of a custom level featuring Jamie and the Prof. in the city and the wilderness. On a second thought it could be also used for the Sturmänderung event.-->
 
===What arguments speak for the Daodan?===
What arguments could someone use in public to advertise the Daodan?<br>
'''1) regenerate lost limbs, faster wound healing, avoid cancer'''<br>
'''2) compensate slow-paced invention cycles'''<br>
'''3) compensate lack of natural selection'''<br>
'''4) compensate human's behavior of putting himself in dangerous situations'''
 
 
'''1) I don't think the first point needs any explanation.'''
 
 
'''2) Some events just happen too fast for Bureaucracy and medical standard procedures.'''
 
Without a drastic improvement there could be never a cure for a new deadly pathogen what can kill within hours.
 
This is the point that Hasegawa would had in mind when he tried to find a cure for Jamie's disease.
 
 
'''3) Many humans aren't longer subject of natural selection which is good in short-term but bad in long-term.'''
 
In real life the lack of genetic fitness is somewhat compensated by human's mental fitness which is expressed in applied science, namely: medicine.
 
The health care systems (especially in the western world) enable even heavily diseased people to survive and raise children.
 
So, when people stay alive no matter their genetically fitness, natural selection can't take place and diseases continue to remain deadly.


Let's say, if HIV isn't treated at all, wouldn't the whole human race die out?
====What arguments speak against the Daodan?====
 
No. For instance every 10th European is naturally immune against HIV. So if we had a real plague only the immune people would survive and in the future HIV would be a far smaller problem.
 
An historic example of this kind of immunization is the Spanish Flu from 1918 which was the most catastrophic disease in human history so far. The price, immunity, came at the cost of a gigantic mountain of corpses, more than 50 million dead people if you trust the recent numbers.
 
With human's current knowledge and possibilities the first outbreak couldn't be prevented but at least it wouldn't kill good portions of the world population.
 
With HIV we are facing a dilemma: Either we keep everybody alive at the cost of a reduced life time, a weakened immune systems, social restrictions, discrimination, etc. or we let natural selection happen for the population's sake so gaining immunity. Both options are inacceptable for us humans as emotional beings. We seek for a better solutions but for some reasons we failed so far.
 
 
'''4) Humans often act unwise.'''
 
At this point we could simply link to some "fail compilations" on YouTube. (Or if you prefer parodies, ckeck out this German classic "[[wikipedia:Forklift_Driver_Klaus_%E2%80%93_The_First_Day_on_the_Job|Forklift Driver Klaus]]".)
 
But there's also this more serious category of ''failing big and systematically'' e.g. when a society does it at a whole.
 
For instance, in many states antibiotics are overused. It's against one's better judgment but our greed for money makes it easy to ignore dangers that occur in a delayed way.
 
We use antibiotics too often to keep ourselves and the livestock healthy. That puts bacteria under [[wikipedia:Evolutionary pressure|evolutionary pressure]]. There are concerns that more ''[[wikipedia:Super_bug_(bacteria)|super bugs]]'' emerge. These multidrug resistant bacteria can't be easily cured. The media-popular MRSA strain residing in hospitals is such a danger.
 
Scientists try to come up with methods to reuse old antibiotic or find new ones. However, it can be assumed that the bacteria will also adapt to the new inventions. It's a neverending arms race.
 
A alternative to antibiotics are bacteriophages, or for short phages. Russia and Georgia officially uses these bacteria-eating viruses in some [[wikipedia:Phage_therapy|therapies]]. Usually viruses adapt even faster than bacteria but so-called [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v450/n7172/full/nature06350.html mutators] can win a biological arms race against phages.
<!--https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/139715/OniGalore/RS_T_Sources/mutators.zip-->
 
If we imagine that all antibiotics will become useless, we would have no other chance to make massive use of phages which again causes further adaptions inside the super bugs.
 
===What arguments speak against the Daodan?===
'''1) drastic change of body'''<br>
'''1) drastic change of body'''<br>
'''2) drastic change of mind'''<br>
'''2) drastic change of mind'''<br>
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So the actual thread would be bacterial colonies.
So the actual thread would be bacterial colonies.
====What arguments speak for the Daodan?====
What arguments could someone use in public to advertise the Daodan?<br>
'''1) regenerate lost limbs, faster wound healing, avoid cancer'''<br>
'''2) compensate slow-paced invention cycles'''<br>
'''3) compensate lack of natural selection'''<br>
'''4) compensate human's behavior of putting himself in dangerous situations'''
'''1) I don't think the first point needs any explanation.'''
'''2) Some events just happen too fast for Bureaucracy and medical standard procedures.'''
Without a drastic improvement there could be never a cure for a new deadly pathogen what can kill within hours.
This is the point that Hasegawa would had in mind when he tried to find a cure for Jamie's disease.
'''3) Many humans aren't longer subject of natural selection which is good in short-term but bad in long-term.'''
In real life the lack of genetic fitness is somewhat compensated by human's mental fitness which is expressed in applied science, namely: medicine.
The health care systems (especially in the western world) enable even heavily diseased people to survive and raise children.
So, when people stay alive no matter their genetically fitness, natural selection can't take place and diseases continue to remain deadly.
Let's say, if HIV isn't treated at all, wouldn't the whole human race die out?
No. For instance every 10th European is naturally immune against HIV. So if we had a real plague only the immune people would survive and in the future HIV would be a far smaller problem.
An historic example of this kind of immunization is the Spanish Flu from 1918 which was the most catastrophic disease in human history so far. The price, immunity, came at the cost of a gigantic mountain of corpses, more than 50 million dead people if you trust the recent numbers.
With human's current knowledge and possibilities the first outbreak couldn't be prevented but at least it wouldn't kill good portions of the world population.
With HIV we are facing a dilemma: Either we keep everybody alive at the cost of a reduced life time, a weakened immune systems, social restrictions, discrimination, etc. or we let natural selection happen for the population's sake so gaining immunity. Both options are inacceptable for us humans as emotional beings. We seek for a better solutions but for some reasons we failed so far.
'''4) Humans often act unwise.'''
At this point we could simply link to some "fail compilations" on YouTube. (Or if you prefer parodies, ckeck out this German classic "[[wikipedia:Forklift_Driver_Klaus_%E2%80%93_The_First_Day_on_the_Job|Forklift Driver Klaus]]".)
But there's also this more serious category of ''failing big and systematically'' e.g. when a society does it at a whole.
For instance, in many states antibiotics are overused. It's against one's better judgment but our greed for money makes it easy to ignore dangers that occur in a delayed way.
We use antibiotics too often to keep ourselves and the livestock healthy. That puts bacteria under [[wikipedia:Evolutionary pressure|evolutionary pressure]]. There are concerns that more ''[[wikipedia:Super_bug_(bacteria)|super bugs]]'' emerge. These multidrug resistant bacteria can't be easily cured. The media-popular MRSA strain residing in hospitals is such a danger.
Scientists try to come up with methods to reuse old antibiotic or find new ones. However, it can be assumed that the bacteria will also adapt to the new inventions. It's a neverending arms race.
A alternative to antibiotics are bacteriophages, or for short phages. Russia and Georgia officially uses these bacteria-eating viruses in some [[wikipedia:Phage_therapy|therapies]]. Usually viruses adapt even faster than bacteria but so-called [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v450/n7172/full/nature06350.html mutators] can win a biological arms race against phages.
<!--https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/139715/OniGalore/RS_T_Sources/mutators.zip-->
If we imagine that all antibiotics will become useless, we would have no other chance to make massive use of phages which again causes further adaptions inside the super bugs.




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===The Daodan computer===
====Arguments of an ''in vitro Daodan''====
: [[Quotes/Speech#Scanner_room 13_65_27|Kerr]]: "[...] We had never intended to implant those Chrysalises. [...]"
Why would they build prototypes when they weren't going to use them?
 
It can be argued that these prototypes were meant for [[wikipedia:In_vitro|in vitro experiments]], not in vivo.
 
: If the Daodan project was intended as tool to cure human cells in glass tubes, minimization could lead to portable devices used in cases of emergency.
 
: Probably you would insert a few cells to daodanize and replicate them. Expose it afterwards to doses of negative stimuli such as toxins and grow adapted tissue or organs. Before transplanting the daodanized cells, their ability to adapt and hyperregenerate would be turned off. Then it would be like bioprinting (a.k.a. [[wikipedia:Tissue_engineering|tissue engineering]]) with normal cells.
 
: However, the question remains why Konoko's and Muro's DNA was taken for the prototypes.
 
:* During life, mutations accumulate inside the genetic and epigenetic code. The codes of children is less mutated, hence need less repair, also the telomeres are longer.
:* There's no need to draw attention to an illegal project by asking other parents for tissue samples from their children.
:* If Hasegawa and Kerr repetitively needs new samples they would have Muro and Mai as source without asking anyone else from the outside.
 
:Although there are points to backup an "in vitro" scenario, the WCG could easily spread doubts about such a Daodan to an audience which lacks the technical background which would be pretty much everyone.
 
 
====Arguments of an ''in vivo Daodan''====
:13_65_35 Kerr: "[...] The effect of the mutation is influenced by the subject's nature."
 
A "Box-Daodan" could never get influenced by someone's personality.
 
If a human hand or foot gets heavily wounded, after regeneration it might be crippled. While Axolotl salamanders are much better in restoring their extremities, they can't regenerate everything. Only more primitive lifeforms can fully regenerate from portions of their body as [[wikipedia:Planarian|Planarians]] do.
 
So for an accurate regeneration of the complex human body the Daodan needs an own ''self-awareness'', mainly a genetic and anatomic model of itself, as already written in the [[#Explanation attempt of the biological dimension|explanation attempt]] section. The processing cell organelles in neurons open a little door so that the Doadan can get influenced. This might be the reason for Kerr's "wishful thinking".
 
The only way Hasegawa and Kerr could have discovered this possible side effect, is an entire brain simulation with Daodan cells.
 
But why should they have done that? A complete brain simulation seems less necessary if they were just aiming for an ''in vitro Daodan''.
 
Speaking of injuries, also the brain can get injured and these can not only be life threatening but also alter the way someone feel, remember and think. Kerr and Co. could have run simulations to see how well the tissues grow together again. In doing so they might have accidentally discovered circumstances where the neuronal activities led to novel interactions with the Daodan organelles.
 
 
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===High performance via polyploidy?===
====High performance via polyploidy?====
A genome can consist of many chromosomes. If all its chromosomes are unique then the chromosome set is haploid. A genome of two sets is diploid, a tripled set make it triploid, and so on.
A genome can consist of many chromosomes. If all its chromosomes are unique then the chromosome set is haploid. A genome of two sets is diploid, a tripled set make it triploid, and so on.
So polyploid means "having many chromosome sets".
So polyploid means "having many chromosome sets".
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===Transformation: control and power===
====Transformation: control and power====
Is Muro's transformation irreversible? Before he transformed he said "You are capable of so much more. Let me show you..." It implies that he has some control over his transformation. How much is not known.
Is Muro's transformation irreversible? Before he transformed he said "You are capable of so much more. Let me show you..." It implies that he has some control over his transformation. How much is not known.
: A) He was able to delay the final transformation and triggered it later by will.
: A) He was able to delay the final transformation and triggered it later by will.
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===Transformation: static metamorphosis===
====Overpower mode====
...
 
 
====Transformation: static metamorphosis====
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===Multiple Imago stages===
====Multiple Imago stages====
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===Natural reproduction of human hosts===
====Natural reproduction of human hosts====
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Real world Parthenogenesis to be added here.




===Contamination of the ecosystem===
====Contamination of the ecosystem====
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===Future upgrades===
====Future upgrades====
I don't think this will happen in RS but later sequels. It's better to write it down than forgetting it again during time.
I don't think this will happen in RS but later sequels. It's better to write it down than forgetting it again during time.
* [[wikipedia:Telomerase|telomere regeneration]]: which allows biological immortality (overpopulation problem appears)
* [[wikipedia:Telomerase|telomere regeneration]]: which allows biological immortality (overpopulation problem appears)
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====Omega Chimera====
'''Omega Chimera'''
 
* Omega Chimeras can make use of external memory storage for different Imago stages and also knowledge.
* Omega Chimeras can make use of external memory storage for different Imago stages and also knowledge.
* Long-range objective is to create a collective consciousness (via network) called [[wikipedia:Daemon_(mythology)|Daimon]]. <!--(Its success will decide about to create superintelligences and avatars.)-->
* Long-range objective is to create a collective consciousness (via network) called [[wikipedia:Daemon_(mythology)|Daimon]]. <!--(Its success will decide about to create superintelligences and avatars.)-->




===Taking a look at real symbiosis===
===Stunning real world symbioses===
The word symbiosis means "living together". If the outcomes are good or not is an other question. However, in daily life symbiosis means a relationship of mutual gain.
The word symbiosis means "living together". If the outcomes are good or not is an other question. However, in daily life symbiosis means a relationship of mutual gain.


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The following subsections are meant to show what real symbiosis is capable of and that it exist between very different species. Therefore those sections display combinations of the so-called [[wikipedia:Kingdom_%28biology%29#Six_kingdoms|kingdoms]]. (As a layman I still prefer the older and simpler model.) Unfortunately viruses are unranked so far.
The following subsections are meant to show what real symbiosis is capable of and that it exist between very different species. Therefore those sections display combinations of the so-called [[wikipedia:Kingdom_%28biology%29#Six_kingdoms|kingdoms]]. (As a layman I still prefer the older and simpler model.) Unfortunately viruses are unranked so far.
====Virus====


: '''Are viruses lifeforms?'''
: '''Are viruses lifeforms?'''
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: Incorporation of genetic material happened more than once. When the human genome was [[wikipedia:DNA_sequencing|sequenced]] on a  [[wikipedia:Human_Genome_Project|great scale]], only 1.4% has been found out to encode our ''building material'' - the proteins - the rest appeared to be "junk" DNA. Today we know that 8.5% are old retroviruses (HERVs). -- This brings Agent Smith from the movie Matrix into mind when he [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Na9-jV_OJI classified humans as a virus] because of certain similarities: according to him humans replicated unchecked, consume all resources, and spread to a new area (host) when one area ran out of resources. Now he would have a genetic proof you might think: our DNA is more "virus" than "human". -- Well, the old retroviruses are almost all defective so they don't matter much. Also, noncoding but function holding RNA and regulatory sequences - ''tools'' and ''building instructions'' - have been identified from the junk by now. So, yes, no need to panic, we are still human enough.
: Incorporation of genetic material happened more than once. When the human genome was [[wikipedia:DNA_sequencing|sequenced]] on a  [[wikipedia:Human_Genome_Project|great scale]], only 1.4% has been found out to encode our ''building material'' - the proteins - the rest appeared to be "junk" DNA. Today we know that 8.5% are old retroviruses (HERVs). -- This brings Agent Smith from the movie Matrix into mind when he [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Na9-jV_OJI classified humans as a virus] because of certain similarities: according to him humans replicated unchecked, consume all resources, and spread to a new area (host) when one area ran out of resources. Now he would have a genetic proof you might think: our DNA is more "virus" than "human". -- Well, the old retroviruses are almost all defective so they don't matter much. Also, noncoding but function holding RNA and regulatory sequences - ''tools'' and ''building instructions'' - have been identified from the junk by now. So, yes, no need to panic, we are still human enough.
'''Symbiotic [http://phys.org/news/2014-11-natural-gut-viruses-bacterial-cousins.html Virom]'''
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To summarize the helpfulness of the ''human factor'' in this connection, with a total control and the technical knowledge it's theoretical possible to ''conquer'' the Bioc from within.
To summarize the helpfulness of the ''human factor'' in this connection, with a total control and the technical knowledge it's theoretical possible to ''conquer'' the Bioc from within.


==SLD==
==SLD==
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===Speculation about brain components===
===Speculation about brain components===
'''generation 0'''
====generation 0====


Improvements in silicon chips are reaching their limits. With all the promising research going on we can expect new standards in a foreseeable future.
Improvements in silicon chips are reaching their limits. With all the promising research going on we can expect new standards in a foreseeable future.
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'''generation I'''
====generation I====
 
[[wikipedia:Memristor|memristors]]
[[wikipedia:Memristor|memristors]]
* memristors as complex networks can mimic biological brains better than transistors  
* memristors as complex networks can mimic biological brains better than transistors  
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'''generation II'''
====generation II====
 
[[wikipedia:Spintronics|nanospintronics]]
[[wikipedia:Spintronics|nanospintronics]]
* higher energy efficiency - no electric current needed, less energy used
* higher energy efficiency - no electric current needed, less energy used
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'''Why multiple generations?'''
===Why multiple generations?===
 
To describe an SLD's brain on Oni's timeline at an early time point, this brain would rely on multiple new technologies but so far it seem those will not be available at the same time.
To describe an SLD's brain on Oni's timeline at an early time point, this brain would rely on multiple new technologies but so far it seem those will not be available at the same time.


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====Mind upload====
===Mind upload===
When the three maverick came together, on evening it happened that Kimura and Pensatore talked about Shinto and Buddhism. One topic was the human soul and that that Shinto knows multiple mitama can form one souls: [[wikipedia:Mitama|ichirei shikon]] concept. Kimura's Shinobi philosophy was influenced by a small degree. But he mentioned enough to awake Pensatore's interest. He felt that there were similarities with the meme theory.
When the three maverick came together, on evening it happened that Kimura and Pensatore talked about Shinto and Buddhism. One topic was the human soul and that that Shinto knows multiple mitama can form one souls: [[wikipedia:Mitama|ichirei shikon]] concept. Kimura's Shinobi philosophy was influenced by a small degree. But he mentioned enough to awake Pensatore's interest. He felt that there were similarities with the meme theory.
Pensatore entered a new path. From that time on he understood the brain as a collection of memes running on biological hardware. His new goal was to create a digital mind that could run not in a robot brain but on common servers. Eventually he uploaded his own mind.
Pensatore entered a new path. From that time on he understood the brain as a collection of memes running on biological hardware. His new goal was to create a digital mind that could run not in a robot brain but on common servers. Eventually he uploaded his own mind.




====Shinatama's escape====
===Shinatama's escape===
[...] Shintama could have uploaded her mind to the internet with the help of Pensatore. I guess this can continue with [[Shinatama#Hikari|Owldreamer's stuff]].
[...] Shintama could have uploaded her mind to the internet with the help of Pensatore. I guess this can continue with [[Shinatama#Hikari|Owldreamer's stuff]].


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