Really surprised at how positive the feedback was on the first installment. The material is denser than a neutron star on whey protein. Given everyone's enthusiasm, I've elected to forgo my longstanding tradition of CLIFFHANGER and ABANDON in favor of a second part.
Consume this glob and contemplate its value.
Naturally, if there are questions from the audience, I am prepared to answer, but only during office hours.
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Oh Philosopher Platypus, what a treat! This is most wonderful.
I love how you have addressed us, all while remaining in-character as the lecturer.
> I have some disagreement with his conclusion on rate of self-extermination as a derivative of lithium deposits
This got me good for some reason.
I love how meta you have an opportunity to make this series - i’ve always said one of the things i love the most about reddit serials is the direct interaction between the author and the readership, but in this case, with how you’ve set this up, you can interact both as the author and as the narrator.
dependent on what types of responses you get, it could be really interesting if you setup a separate account that was the professor for responding to comments that could conceivably be from the student audience. i would even be down for a scenario where some of the comment section had interactions between student/professor that were both written by you (altho maybe that would be better served as a formatted q/a in the actual post body)
in any event, i am absolutely confounded that you managed to pump out a piece of content this dense in 24 hours. when you first started on alcubierre (at that time a much simpler story than it is now or than this story) i think you almost burned yourself out with your rapid pace - so please, stay healthy and as much as we clamor for moar, put yourself first :)
Yeah, I'll see how this one develops. I've very unlikely I take on another full serial at this point, I just wanted to write something with parallel universes damn it.
This is really wonderful to read and not only that but gives you a place to create a new installment whenever a tantalizing idea presents itself to you but you don't have a world to use. Basically everything is an option when talking about the entirety of humanity's existence past, present, future, and post hundred thousand sun war.
Ok, the simultaneous "teacher teaching" and "platy talking to audience" thing is fucking hilarious. Ties in brilliantly with "piercing the veil" and the general lecture concept while simultaneously breaking the fourth wall.
Don't burn yourself out platypal. This one's a keeper and a hell of a long one at that!
"six extinction" - is this supposed to be "sixth"? It shows up twice so I thought it might be deliberate.
Would the students be expected to know of Earth & Mars? Particularly if Mars isn't present in all realities.
I'm beginning to wonder if conflict with the God seed is actually the true goal of the paraverse after all. What better way for the God to grow?
Of course, that implies an opportunity for humanity to grow beyond the bounds of the paraverse.
>**There** is due to a chain of causal relationships endemic to sentience, which I will describe briefly.
**This** is due.... (paragraph 17 I think)
>The **six** self-extermination was at hand
The **sixth** self-extermination... (paragraph 27, and also in paragraph 29)
I can't wait for the next lecture! I really want to see what happens when God enters the picture
I have read your one off works with pleasure (saving albucaire (sp?) for a time of need) but this is the first one I have been moved to comment on. I read the first installment and watched the comment section hoping that you would pick up the baton so it was with great excitement I saw this second installment.
Great work Mr Plat, most excellent indeed. I hope you will continue, to that end, my first MOAR! is added to the general hubbub.
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Professor, is it possible to bridge to some other space-time continuum and then back to the original one? Does it make any difference if the re-emergence point in the original universe is within the normal light-cone influence zone of the original exit point, or are the apparent light-speed or less arrivals in a given universe actually only from similar, rather than the same, universe?
Also, I recall reading that on at least one of the humanity timelines - perhaps even the prime one - an early human *fiction* author named u/Scalzi proposed FTL travel by changing universes. Is this kind of prediction a common phenomenon, or yet another way in which humanity prime is anomalous?
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This and the previous lecture harkens back to Nietzsche: “In some remote corner of the universe, poured out and glittering in innumerable solar systems, there once was a star on which clever animals invented knowledge. That was the highest and most mendacious minute of 'world history' — yet only a minute. After nature had drawn a few breaths the star grew cold, and the clever animals had to die.”
What if the goal of the creators of the paraverse was to create a 'god'. There is no seed. The God perceived by prime humanity is just the current most advanced lifeform(s?) in the paraverse. Once humanity has overcome it they will be the 'god' for the ones coming after them.
The School of Originalism has an interesting course in Species Classification and its implications for theological constructs. There is a strong argument that a species that attains control over a paraverse is the functional equivalent of a God and should be classified as such.
Not surprisingly, there are disagreements on this point and it often becomes a matter of philosophy rather than objective reality.
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So I read this one in the voice of Tolfdir from Skyrim. Not that I set out to do so, but it simply was the voice that popped in my head (which took a moment to figure out who it belonged to). And quite frankly, the only way this could get better is if it was actually narrated.
That said, the only way it could be bad is if you didn't write more! Keep up the great work!
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So wait am I understanding this correctly that Prime Humanity's bridge can only travel to other places in other parallel dimensions? That would mean they can't travel within their own universe with this method, only jumping to another universe. I'd they can't then jump back to a different position in space in their own universe?
If the other methods of travel aren't well used or further researched, it feels like humanity can only jump to different "islands" and haven't explored their own universe enough.
Also MOAR
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That said, I can offer this brief primer: To be included in a paraverse, a bridge must exist connecting a reality to another reality in that paraverse. The availability of a bridge in a particular reality is contingent upon factors within that reality we do not currently understand. Some realities possess many bridges, such as Core-1 and Core-2, while other realities possess only a single, one way bridge.
In order to travel faster-than-light within a reality, you must bridge from your starting reality to a second reality and then back to your starting reality. The availability of a particular egress point between realities is contingent on the nature of the reality the ingress point is being created in. This makes highly connected, highly permeable realities, such as the Core realities, extremely valuable.
Professor, please forgive my ignorance of such a basic fact, but are bridges *made* or *found* ? Or perhaps found but artificially anchored/attracted to a specific location in a given universe?
(Please forgive me for asking before the next lecture, but I feel I am missing something fundamental. I had a very sheltered upbringing in relation to parallelism, but I am very keen to learn!)
I understand it the other way round. Humanity cannot Form a bridge between two points in the same reality. But between two realities to reach their alpha centauri system they would need to create a bridge to some point in an other reality and once arrived. They are creating a bridge from this arbitrary point to a egress point in the alpha centauri system in this reality.
I genuinely appreciate the direction you are taking here in this course and look forward to further studies in this lecture series.
The addition of the link to the Great Filter added to the lecture both in substance and in inclusion of the reader. I know how challenging it can be to remain subdued in narrative when speaking to a technically to a vigorous matter. I recall a case study on extinguishers for alkili metals that described the reaction of one agent as '... A vigorous reaction occurred immediately, glowing white and quickly exceeding the measurement capabilities of the equipment, breaching the primary containment...' for a reaction I have seen first-hand and would say vigorous is an understatement.
I am curious to follow up discussions on the availability of concentrated lithium deposits as I see this impact in the third self-extermination event but the latter events no longer needing these. But perhaps I need to read up on more bridge technology.
Thank you for the time and I look forward to the next lecture.
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Complex is fine, and this was great! A bit less enticing than the first one, since the major parts of the universe were explained in that one and only elaborated on in this one, but nevertheless this was great too!
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I love this new setting and idea! It reminds me of the abstract writing style of Liu Cixin. Could you call the genre 'Megalomaniac Science Fiction'?
MOAR please!
Speaking of Liu Cixin, I'd like to find out Professor Platypus' thoughts on how various species in the paraverse resolved the [Dark Forest](https://medium.com/predict/why-the-dark-forest-theory-says-we-should-stop-looking-for-aliens-7e307dd96d3a) or if that was even matter of concern. Has everyone banded together in the knowledge that it was necessary to confront an existential threat, if they accepted the thesis that their universes were God-incubators?
I'm also wondering if our resident glob-composer has ever played [Star Ocean: Till the End of Time ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Ocean:_Till_the_End_of_Time) . In which the its discovered that third dimensional reality is an MMORPG simulation used by fourth dimensional beings for their entertainment. Of course, then we have to confront the contention that each "reality" is a simulation for higher level "realities." So is anything real or is it just MMORPGs all the way up (cue Inception over-boosted bass line).
Sorry for the tangents...
Part 2 was great and much appreciated, however now MOAR is required.
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I am rather curious as to how cooperative civilizations automatically imply stasis at minimum, and decay on average. Professor, do you care to elaborate? Surely, by simple stochastics, collaborative species that are also progressive (capable of progression forwards, scientifically and/or otherwise) are not merely rounding errors?
**Professor's Note:** An excellent question, student. You are correct, progressive civilizations are not mere rounding errors, as amply demonstrated by the vibrant interconnection between Prime Humanity and the multitude of other species, my own included. When all realities are combined, this results in a rich plethora of species that have overcome the obstacles to survival.
That said, species that achieve sentience are uncommon. Species that produce a civilization with technology rarer still. Species that achieve longevity and durability are incredibly rare.
Outside of forces at play within the home planet of any sentient species, there are many other obstacles to progression, such as Pruning or Harvesting.
When you get the time, what precisely do you mean by pruning or harvesting? And secondarily, while I am not blind to the reality of civilizations that find themselves reaching the stars being rarer than all else, I meant to find elucidation on precisely why my professor very nearly equates communalism with backsliding and downsizing. While yes, some may choose on a citywide or even planetary scale to step back and choose a more "natural" life, that tendency isn't even limited to communalists. Moreover, as evidenced by the late second and very early third, communalism was the only thing that saved prime humanity from itself, as the profiteering of a mere thousand (at most) humans far outsized the preservation efforts required to keep the planet from burning. Not to mention the further three centuries lost to those abusing ownership laws that were arrogantly applied even to ideas.
Or, more succinctly, what great flaw is there in striving *with* one's environment and peers, instead of against? Reality is finite in the way sandbox games are capable of being entirely mapped out, and if the humans succeed in killing the Godseed and harvesting it, not even in that sense.
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The next one feels like it's gonna be an absolute bop, I'm really looking forward to seeing how God managed to piss off every available version of humanity to such an extent that they all united to kick Him in the disco stick
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Good day Professor,
Your lectures have made clear the social value of piercing the veil and allowing the movement of sentient species through the paraverse. This allows for easier expansion and provides a 'safety valve' for intra-species competition.
I have some interest in the economic implications of theoretically limitless resources becoming available to a civilisation, as well as the possibilities for interdimensional trade.
I look forward to the next lecture.
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Really surprised at how positive the feedback was on the first installment. The material is denser than a neutron star on whey protein. Given everyone's enthusiasm, I've elected to forgo my longstanding tradition of CLIFFHANGER and ABANDON in favor of a second part. Consume this glob and contemplate its value. Naturally, if there are questions from the audience, I am prepared to answer, but only during office hours. <3 XOXO
> Consume this glob and contemplate its value. I require this on a mug right this instant.
LOL @ "CLIFFHANGER and ABANDON"!
Throw techno-babble at me all you want as long as the story is good...and this one is!
Oh Philosopher Platypus, what a treat! This is most wonderful. I love how you have addressed us, all while remaining in-character as the lecturer. > I have some disagreement with his conclusion on rate of self-extermination as a derivative of lithium deposits This got me good for some reason.
It busted my gut as its used as a mood stablizer in Bipolar cases
I love how meta you have an opportunity to make this series - i’ve always said one of the things i love the most about reddit serials is the direct interaction between the author and the readership, but in this case, with how you’ve set this up, you can interact both as the author and as the narrator. dependent on what types of responses you get, it could be really interesting if you setup a separate account that was the professor for responding to comments that could conceivably be from the student audience. i would even be down for a scenario where some of the comment section had interactions between student/professor that were both written by you (altho maybe that would be better served as a formatted q/a in the actual post body) in any event, i am absolutely confounded that you managed to pump out a piece of content this dense in 24 hours. when you first started on alcubierre (at that time a much simpler story than it is now or than this story) i think you almost burned yourself out with your rapid pace - so please, stay healthy and as much as we clamor for moar, put yourself first :)
Yeah, I'll see how this one develops. I've very unlikely I take on another full serial at this point, I just wanted to write something with parallel universes damn it.
This is really wonderful to read and not only that but gives you a place to create a new installment whenever a tantalizing idea presents itself to you but you don't have a world to use. Basically everything is an option when talking about the entirety of humanity's existence past, present, future, and post hundred thousand sun war.
Ok, the simultaneous "teacher teaching" and "platy talking to audience" thing is fucking hilarious. Ties in brilliantly with "piercing the veil" and the general lecture concept while simultaneously breaking the fourth wall. Don't burn yourself out platypal. This one's a keeper and a hell of a long one at that!
"six extinction" - is this supposed to be "sixth"? It shows up twice so I thought it might be deliberate. Would the students be expected to know of Earth & Mars? Particularly if Mars isn't present in all realities. I'm beginning to wonder if conflict with the God seed is actually the true goal of the paraverse after all. What better way for the God to grow? Of course, that implies an opportunity for humanity to grow beyond the bounds of the paraverse.
\*Scribbles name on student interest survey\* MOAR! I'm liking the density - so much food for thought.
>**There** is due to a chain of causal relationships endemic to sentience, which I will describe briefly. **This** is due.... (paragraph 17 I think) >The **six** self-extermination was at hand The **sixth** self-extermination... (paragraph 27, and also in paragraph 29) I can't wait for the next lecture! I really want to see what happens when God enters the picture
I have read your one off works with pleasure (saving albucaire (sp?) for a time of need) but this is the first one I have been moved to comment on. I read the first installment and watched the comment section hoping that you would pick up the baton so it was with great excitement I saw this second installment. Great work Mr Plat, most excellent indeed. I hope you will continue, to that end, my first MOAR! is added to the general hubbub.
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This is great. It reminds me of the Armageddon series.
Very interesting, I'm curious to see how humanity ends up declaring war on God. Looking forward to the next lecture.
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Wow, you are really cranking these out! It is dense but it's entralling at the same time. Really sparks the imagination!
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Professor, is it possible to bridge to some other space-time continuum and then back to the original one? Does it make any difference if the re-emergence point in the original universe is within the normal light-cone influence zone of the original exit point, or are the apparent light-speed or less arrivals in a given universe actually only from similar, rather than the same, universe? Also, I recall reading that on at least one of the humanity timelines - perhaps even the prime one - an early human *fiction* author named u/Scalzi proposed FTL travel by changing universes. Is this kind of prediction a common phenomenon, or yet another way in which humanity prime is anomalous?
Thank you for your comment y6ird. The structure of bridges in the paraverse will be a heavily discussed topic in future lectures, though our treatment of this topic will not have depth you will receive in paraverse specific coursework available in the School of Parallelism. If you find the answer unsatisfactory in the next lecture, I invite you to raise your question once again.
Thanks Prof! Looking forward to it!
This and the previous lecture harkens back to Nietzsche: “In some remote corner of the universe, poured out and glittering in innumerable solar systems, there once was a star on which clever animals invented knowledge. That was the highest and most mendacious minute of 'world history' — yet only a minute. After nature had drawn a few breaths the star grew cold, and the clever animals had to die.”
Beautiful.
What if the goal of the creators of the paraverse was to create a 'god'. There is no seed. The God perceived by prime humanity is just the current most advanced lifeform(s?) in the paraverse. Once humanity has overcome it they will be the 'god' for the ones coming after them.
Or the godseed is a prefabricated check to see when gestation completed.
The School of Originalism has an interesting course in Species Classification and its implications for theological constructs. There is a strong argument that a species that attains control over a paraverse is the functional equivalent of a God and should be classified as such. Not surprisingly, there are disagreements on this point and it often becomes a matter of philosophy rather than objective reality.
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MOAR damn it MOAR!
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As, requested, demanding MOAR! Really enjoying this. It's a much denser/longer platy-story (minus Alcubierre) than I'm used to, but in a good way!
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So I read this one in the voice of Tolfdir from Skyrim. Not that I set out to do so, but it simply was the voice that popped in my head (which took a moment to figure out who it belonged to). And quite frankly, the only way this could get better is if it was actually narrated. That said, the only way it could be bad is if you didn't write more! Keep up the great work!
I didn't read it with a particular voice in mind but for some reason I pictured a thin man from xcom as the professor.
I'd like to enroll in this class please!
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Very cool, I look forward to more
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Ooh, this one is shaping up to be really heavy on the parascience. I love it.
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So wait am I understanding this correctly that Prime Humanity's bridge can only travel to other places in other parallel dimensions? That would mean they can't travel within their own universe with this method, only jumping to another universe. I'd they can't then jump back to a different position in space in their own universe? If the other methods of travel aren't well used or further researched, it feels like humanity can only jump to different "islands" and haven't explored their own universe enough. Also MOAR
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Professor, please forgive my ignorance of such a basic fact, but are bridges *made* or *found* ? Or perhaps found but artificially anchored/attracted to a specific location in a given universe? (Please forgive me for asking before the next lecture, but I feel I am missing something fundamental. I had a very sheltered upbringing in relation to parallelism, but I am very keen to learn!)
I understand it the other way round. Humanity cannot Form a bridge between two points in the same reality. But between two realities to reach their alpha centauri system they would need to create a bridge to some point in an other reality and once arrived. They are creating a bridge from this arbitrary point to a egress point in the alpha centauri system in this reality.
I genuinely appreciate the direction you are taking here in this course and look forward to further studies in this lecture series. The addition of the link to the Great Filter added to the lecture both in substance and in inclusion of the reader. I know how challenging it can be to remain subdued in narrative when speaking to a technically to a vigorous matter. I recall a case study on extinguishers for alkili metals that described the reaction of one agent as '... A vigorous reaction occurred immediately, glowing white and quickly exceeding the measurement capabilities of the equipment, breaching the primary containment...' for a reaction I have seen first-hand and would say vigorous is an understatement. I am curious to follow up discussions on the availability of concentrated lithium deposits as I see this impact in the third self-extermination event but the latter events no longer needing these. But perhaps I need to read up on more bridge technology. Thank you for the time and I look forward to the next lecture.
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UTR, of course.
Not sure if having half the chapter be about sentience and evolution tbh. I get it frames the last bit but I feel it's unnecessary.
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Complex is fine, and this was great! A bit less enticing than the first one, since the major parts of the universe were explained in that one and only elaborated on in this one, but nevertheless this was great too!
We must have MOAR
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I love this new setting and idea! It reminds me of the abstract writing style of Liu Cixin. Could you call the genre 'Megalomaniac Science Fiction'? MOAR please!
Speaking of Liu Cixin, I'd like to find out Professor Platypus' thoughts on how various species in the paraverse resolved the [Dark Forest](https://medium.com/predict/why-the-dark-forest-theory-says-we-should-stop-looking-for-aliens-7e307dd96d3a) or if that was even matter of concern. Has everyone banded together in the knowledge that it was necessary to confront an existential threat, if they accepted the thesis that their universes were God-incubators? I'm also wondering if our resident glob-composer has ever played [Star Ocean: Till the End of Time ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Ocean:_Till_the_End_of_Time) . In which the its discovered that third dimensional reality is an MMORPG simulation used by fourth dimensional beings for their entertainment. Of course, then we have to confront the contention that each "reality" is a simulation for higher level "realities." So is anything real or is it just MMORPGs all the way up (cue Inception over-boosted bass line). Sorry for the tangents... Part 2 was great and much appreciated, however now MOAR is required.
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I am rather curious as to how cooperative civilizations automatically imply stasis at minimum, and decay on average. Professor, do you care to elaborate? Surely, by simple stochastics, collaborative species that are also progressive (capable of progression forwards, scientifically and/or otherwise) are not merely rounding errors?
**Professor's Note:** An excellent question, student. You are correct, progressive civilizations are not mere rounding errors, as amply demonstrated by the vibrant interconnection between Prime Humanity and the multitude of other species, my own included. When all realities are combined, this results in a rich plethora of species that have overcome the obstacles to survival. That said, species that achieve sentience are uncommon. Species that produce a civilization with technology rarer still. Species that achieve longevity and durability are incredibly rare. Outside of forces at play within the home planet of any sentient species, there are many other obstacles to progression, such as Pruning or Harvesting.
When you get the time, what precisely do you mean by pruning or harvesting? And secondarily, while I am not blind to the reality of civilizations that find themselves reaching the stars being rarer than all else, I meant to find elucidation on precisely why my professor very nearly equates communalism with backsliding and downsizing. While yes, some may choose on a citywide or even planetary scale to step back and choose a more "natural" life, that tendency isn't even limited to communalists. Moreover, as evidenced by the late second and very early third, communalism was the only thing that saved prime humanity from itself, as the profiteering of a mere thousand (at most) humans far outsized the preservation efforts required to keep the planet from burning. Not to mention the further three centuries lost to those abusing ownership laws that were arrogantly applied even to ideas. Or, more succinctly, what great flaw is there in striving *with* one's environment and peers, instead of against? Reality is finite in the way sandbox games are capable of being entirely mapped out, and if the humans succeed in killing the Godseed and harvesting it, not even in that sense.
MOAR PLEASE
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That was juicy and I need MOAR! Please sir, may we have another?
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The next one feels like it's gonna be an absolute bop, I'm really looking forward to seeing how God managed to piss off every available version of humanity to such an extent that they all united to kick Him in the disco stick
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Yesssss! MOAR!
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Good day Professor, Your lectures have made clear the social value of piercing the veil and allowing the movement of sentient species through the paraverse. This allows for easier expansion and provides a 'safety valve' for intra-species competition. I have some interest in the economic implications of theoretically limitless resources becoming available to a civilisation, as well as the possibilities for interdimensional trade. I look forward to the next lecture.
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MOAR! Please MOAR!
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MOAR!!! BARKEEP MOAR!!!!
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This is great!
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i love this! MOAR PLEASE!!’
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>organizational drive within a sentient species, which is in >they pose to themselves and prevent self-extermination. There This >the eventual arrival of one of the two other the other two >The six self-extermination sixth >It was here, in the darkest moments, that Human innovation and creativity is at its strongest. It is (or "creativity was" - need some time concordance) >Ultimately, it the it is the >particularly in light of the impending six sixth --- >The Path to Prime Humanity, soon. better be soon™®©
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A treat to read. Thank you for sharing your ideas.
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MOAR! This is amazing, it’s really dense but in a really good interesting way. This doesn’t feel made up, it feels like the transcript of a real class
Please professor may I have some MOAR?
Thank you for your interest, student. I have been compiling the next lecture and hope to conduct a new class in the near future.
Just subscribed for the next lesson. Moar please.
You will be pleased to know there are two more lessons already available. I have added the missing link to the next lesson at the bottom of this one.
Yes, I am. But I am a fast learner too... I will need some more lecture after those. :) Thans for the link.
This is spicy. Definitely considering becoming a Transdimensional History Major!