Monday, 1 April 2013

Genetic engineering pic #3

DISCLAIMER: I'm a terrible artist
This is a picture I made myself, of a human brain with code written in it. The reason I drew this image is because, in a normal human brain,there would be different sections for different things, e.g. problem solving sections, reactions/reflexes, creative thinking, muscle control etc. Even in an Alpha, all decisions are made by the subliminal teachings when they are little. It's like a choose your own adventure book. You assume you have choices, but in reality, you can only follow 2 or 3 different courses of action.

It's kind of ironic in a way though. The human brain actually is kind of programmed like a computer- only we have a much larger range of options. We use adaptation and lateral problem solving to get around obstacles, not (usually) brute strength and sheer force. That's why man has survived and evolved so well over the many years- we use our brains. That's why taking away the capacity to think outside of the box, instead of just going with the flow, has reduced the humans in the book to mere animals.

The other images in the picture, and what they mean; the pyramid is fairly straightforward. Caste rankings, large amount of Epsilons and Deltas to keep the factories running, small amount of Alphas and Betas to enjoy it. But inside each level, there are more pyramids. This has two meanings: The Pluses and Minuses of each category, and this: If you were an Alpha, you would feel like you were at the top of the pyramid. But even Epsilons are happy with where they are, therefore, they are all on top of the Pyramid. The random sentences are quotes from the book and subconscious teachings. The Ford=Freud? is not from the book, instead just a widely accepted theory that Ford, or a god of sorts, was modelled after Sigmund Freud. The chain that keeps expanding represents the Bovanovsky Process, in which about 60-80 identical siblings are created from one egg dividing constantly. The BNW at the top is Brave New World, and the scratched book represents the teachings where they would give babies a book, then wail loud alarms and give the babies shocks. The babies then associated books and flowers with pain, driving them away from them even in later years.

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