Lecture. (693 hits)
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Submitted by K.M (View user info) at 2004-03-20 21:51:27 EST
"Hello, class. Please take your seats. Today we are going to learn about the rise and fall of the human species."
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"Thank you. Now, humans lived on a planet named Earth. It was a beautiful planet, where everything was alive."
Everything?
"Well, not _everything_. But, due to its unique environment, it produced an enormous amount of different life forms. As you know, it is unheard for a planet system to allow more than one or two life forms to proliferate. As you have studied in biophysics, there are trillions of different variables that can account for the formation of life. However, it is almost impossible for these variables to match with one another to yield a formula that is still Life Conducive. This is simply due to the sheer odds of such a matter. Earth, however, was an anomaly in the most exaggerated sense of the word. Its distance from its star, as well as its chemical composition, combined with thousands of other physical variable in just the right proportions, allowed for something much different then we have ever known. Billions, if not trillions of different forms of life have existed on its surface, below its surface, and above its surface."
Trillions?!
"Yes, trillions. It is considered to have been the first, and only planet of such diversity in the history of the universe. It was a meeting place of Life. Some organisms were invisible, they were so minute and insignificant. Others were so large, that they could only exist in the earths liquid surface- the strain of earths gravity on their sheer mass would actually damage their internal organs."
Unbelievable.
"As you know, the earth organism that will be discussed in this lecture is the human. Humans were extraordinarily different from any of the other life forms. Not physically, as they possessed the same basic biological properties of most of the other life forms, but mentally. At some point in time, humans developed what they called "self awareness.""
But what is that?
"You see, every organism and animal on the planet earth was really, basically, only an extension of the earth itself. They were just parts of the natural environment. They interacted with each other, never truly aware that they were any one single part of the grand system. They were only one consciousness, bound to satisfying their physical needs in order to perpetuate the existence of their species. But by some still inexplicable twist of fate, the human brain evolved to a point where it created its own reality."
Absurd!
"It may be, but it is still true. However, there was an inherent flaw to this situation. Because each human being could be aware of themselves, not only their surroundings, all sorts of strange things happened. They began to see their world in truly their own terms. A human became its own universe in itself, bound by its own mind, its own perception."
Well, what happened?
"The only thing that could happen. The human species dominated the earth. The human's constant need to improve upon its own reality drove it ever forward. They consumed every useful resource that the planet had ever possessed, just like any species no longer confined to the natural check and balance system."
Didn't they know what would happen?
"You would think they would have, especially because they had consciously observed the same characteristics in other species. Like earth locusts, who would actually swarm sources of food, in gigantic displays of greed and hunger. Once the food ran out, the swarm would die off."
But how could they not see such a thing happening?
"You see, class, Humans were the object of the most universally ironic prank. Their own self awareness, the very gift that allowed it to bend the very planet to its will, was its own downfall. Their own awareness lowered a perfect illusion over reality. Afterwards, it became very apparent that it was indeed, a natural defense mechanism unique to the human species against the nature of the universe. Their inner worlds were so carefully constructed, so cherished and heavily emphasized, that it became impossible for them to recognize their lives as being anything less than totally Significant. The delusion that they actually meant something profound was so deeply ingrained in them, that they lived in their own little universes, completely oblivious to what was actually taking place. Obviously, by the time they _did_ start to grasp the situation, it was too late in the end."
And what happened in the end?
"That's next week's lesson, I am afraid. Class dismissed."
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Submitted by mystiamoon (user info) at 2004-06-06 11:21:12 EDT (#)
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Awesome, love the picture too.
Submitted by kilgore_trout (user info) at 2004-04-02 12:05:43 EST (#)
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Submitted by Despiadado (user info) at 2004-03-21 08:15:18 EST (#)
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I'm not quite sure why, but that was fucking awesome.
Submitted by backsagainstthewall (user info) at 2004-03-21 03:09:22 EST (#)
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Great form. Lame subject.
Submitted by ohlookasquirrel (user info) at 2004-03-21 00:45:14 EST (#)
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Submitted by DraconianKing (user info) at 2004-03-21 00:37:45 (#)
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K.M. is KoolMang's alter ego.
It's true.
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That would be incredibly awesome in a wierd creepy way, but K.M. are your initials or something along those lines, right?
Submitted by DraconianKing (user info) at 2004-03-21 00:37:45 EST (#)
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K.M. is KoolMang's alter ego.
It's true.
Submitted by GreenRiver (user info) at 2004-03-21 00:23:33 EST (#)
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Submitted by ohlookasquirrel (user info) at 2004-03-21 00:05:50 EST (#)
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Droppin in to share some love.
Submitted by Bigmike (user info) at 2004-03-20 23:53:51 EST (#)
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This is interesting K M.
But who is giving the history lesson?
Submitted by IndianOcean (user info) at 2004-03-20 23:36:42 EST (#)
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hey man.. good post.
what's your name K.M?
Submitted by Catscradle at 2004-03-20 22:35:35 EST (#)
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Interesting and well-written, but nothing that hasn't been said before.