I was sitting here thinking about stuff, because that is what I do. What if humanity (as we call ourselves) is nothing but a grand experiment and we are nothing but biological androids. I know very far fetched idea, but consider this...our brains are nothing more than electrical storage units that somehow store a digital record of every day of our lives...our heart inexplicably beats--electrical muscle spasms that push blood-- consistently (for most of us anyway)...our muscles are controlled by electrical and chemical signals sent down a network of nerves...we are fueled by consuming organic materials which are transferred into electrical energy...see where this is going?? Furthermore, consider the virus and bacteria...neither have brains...but consider that they could be arbitrary pieces of biological code...programmed to do nothing but steal a cell and replicate.
It seems like science fiction, but in reality, what are we?? Nothing more than and organic machine that consumes organic materials to chemically convert into electrical energy that allows for locomotion and storage of data. Incidentally, this data is what makes each individual machine different and unique. Consider human reproduction. Each machine starts as 2 distinct and unique cells that magically come together and begin the arduous task of becoming a brand new biological machine. As a human, we get 23 chromosomes (programs?) from each parent that somehow know exactly what to do and when to do it...the stronger programs win out over the weaker ones (eye color, skin color, hair color, etc...). Somehow, they grow all the different organs, cells, and tissues that become the biologic body.
How are we any different than the computers and other machines we use every day? They use electricity, like us...they store data (tons of it daily), like us...they can replicate (code) and are largely responsible for building other machines.
Are we creating unique machines, or are we merely duplicating with non-organic material, ourselves??
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