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Posted By: yakaman | Date: 10/23/06 8:12 p.m. |
In Response To: Re: Well... (scarab) : So has Durandal suceeded? Has he been created yet? Or is the Flood/Gravemind
Back up and take the 20,000 foot view. Gravemind (via the flood) is really not much different than human consciousness sitting on top of a group of neurons. If you think about it, the Flood is really just one large brain. I believe Reid was making the case that Durandal wanted to recreate himself in a new universe, but he couldn't bank on "compatible" electrical circuits (or whatever he was originally composed of) being created in the new universe - the odds would be too staggering. So, he "stacked the deck", aligning things immediately before the big bang such that organic molecules might have a tendency to arrange themselves in such a way as to create a large, distributed network of organic intelligence. This intelligence would just so happen to perfectly mirror Durandal himself, with all of the memories and traits that made Durandal Durandal. Further, distributed means wide means safe...Durandal would guarantee his immortality in the universe via redundancy. Perhaps he even tweaked mass-to-energy ratios to create a universe that does not "crunch"; our universe will expand for eternity. Further, as a tribute (or perhaps because of emotional ties) he created the new universe in the image of the last, casting John-117 as the security officer, and Cortana as Leela (maybe). He infused Marathon symbology into the deepest recesses of the human mind, hence the oddly vague similarities between the two (Mark IV armor, Mark VI armor, Marathon references, etc, etc). John-117 has always been lucky. We call it destiny, but perhaps the universe was designed such that all probabilities are weighted to protect him. Does this make more sense? |
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Reid's theory, HSP | yakaman | 10/22/06 8:08 p.m. |
Re: Reid's theory, HSP | Quantum | 10/22/06 8:27 p.m. |
Re: Reid's theory, HSP | Cody Miller | 10/22/06 8:28 p.m. |
Marathon-class Cruiser. | 58 | 10/22/06 8:34 p.m. |
Re: Marathon-class Cruiser. | Bry | 10/22/06 10:57 p.m. |
Re: Marathon-class Cruiser. | Narcogen | 10/24/06 12:22 a.m. |
Re: Marathon-class Cruiser. | Bry | 10/24/06 6:14 a.m. |
He travels through time | Grey Wolf | 10/22/06 10:15 p.m. |
Re: He travels through time | Xaos | 10/22/06 11:29 p.m. |
Sublimation not a last resort. | Narcogen | 10/24/06 12:26 a.m. |
Re: Reid's theory, HSP | Narcogen | 10/24/06 12:05 a.m. |
Re: Reid's theory, HSP | Bodie | 10/22/06 8:50 p.m. |
Well... | Spartan Jag | 10/22/06 8:57 p.m. |
Re: Well... | Grantix | 10/22/06 9:24 p.m. |
Re: Well... | yakaman | 10/23/06 4:00 a.m. |
Re: Well... | Jilly somewhere else | 10/23/06 4:51 a.m. |
Re: Well... | scarab | 10/23/06 10:57 a.m. |
Re: Well... | yakaman | 10/23/06 8:12 p.m. |
Re: Well... | raptor117 | 10/23/06 11:06 p.m. |
Looking too hard. | Narcogen | 10/24/06 12:38 a.m. |
Re: Looking too hard. | yakaman | 10/24/06 4:35 a.m. |
Re: Looking too hard. | Dundradal | 10/24/06 7:52 a.m. |
Agreed. Time to do some reading. *NM* | yakaman | 10/24/06 7:40 p.m. |
Re: Well... | jman571 | 10/23/06 2:11 p.m. |
Re: Well... | Jillybean | 10/23/06 2:54 p.m. |
AMEN. *NM* | Quantum | 10/23/06 7:10 p.m. |
True Believer? | Narcogen | 10/24/06 12:29 a.m. |
Re: True Believer? | Dundradal | 10/24/06 7:53 a.m. |
For those who wanted a simple story... | Evil Squid | 10/22/06 11:01 p.m. |
Re: Reid's theory, HSP | Xaos | 10/22/06 11:31 p.m. |
Re: Reid's theory, HSP | Jilly somewhere else | 10/23/06 4:51 a.m. |
Re: Reid's theory, HSP | UrsusArctos | 10/23/06 10:15 a.m. |
Re: Reid's theory, HSP | Dundradal | 10/24/06 7:57 a.m. |
Re: Reid's theory, HSP | DangerousHippo | 10/23/06 7:39 p.m. |
Damn! That's a nice piece of theorizing. *NM* | Endbringer | 10/23/06 12:20 a.m. |
Re: Reid's theory, HSP | Pixellated | 10/23/06 4:30 a.m. |
Re: Reid's theory, HSP | Jilly somewhere else | 10/23/06 4:53 a.m. |
Re: Reid's theory, HSP | Pixellated | 10/23/06 5:10 a.m. |
Re: Reid's theory, HSP | DangerousHippo | 10/23/06 7:44 p.m. |
Path = Ate | reprobate | 10/23/06 6:44 a.m. |
Re: Path = Ate | Dundradal | 10/23/06 9:14 a.m. |
Re: Path = Ate | Pixellated | 10/23/06 12:04 p.m. |
Re: Path = Ate | Dundradal | 10/23/06 3:54 p.m. |
Re: Path = Ate | Xaos | 10/23/06 7:06 p.m. |
Mmm..... Path. | Narcogen | 10/24/06 12:43 a.m. |
Re: Mmm..... Path. | yakaman | 10/24/06 4:40 a.m. |
Re: Reid's theory, HSP | Dundradal | 10/23/06 3:59 p.m. |
Re: Reid's theory, HSP | sdwoodchuck | 10/23/06 8:10 p.m. |
Re: Reid's theory, HSP | Narcogen | 10/24/06 12:02 a.m. |
Re: Reid's theory, HSP | Dundradal | 10/24/06 8:01 a.m. |
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