Self-Mutation -------------
ABSTRACT : People are essentially compiled computer programs.
When I work on the computer, I feel as though I'm inside the screen, living with the pixels, moving physically around the hard drive, jumping from one directory to another, calling up Turbo Pascal, compiling and running like the most complex program in the world. I wonder how long I took to compile? I know I didn't have any bugs, because my parents were able to make a .com file out of the source. Sometimes there are run-time bugs, but I haven't crashed yet!
All people/programs mutate. It's a GIGO(1) algorithm for most people, namely children and conforming adults. Through their input devices (senses), people receive information : how to act, what to think, what to do, where to go (or where to STAY). If they've been programmed a certain way, their output reflects their input : they want to interface smoothly with the rest of society. However, if their programming tells them to think for themselves and to self-mutate (AI(2)), then their output is the result of processing. The AI's use a lot more CPU(3) time than the GIGO's, let me tell you!
Do you ever want to edit and recompile your source code? You can't, because it was in a RAM(4) disk, and the BRS(5) was pulled long ago. You can't decompile, either, because your program would have to end to be re-run. You must be content to self-mutate. Do the best you can with the code you have. Mutate to your satisfaction.
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Program Human(input,output);
type emotionstype = set of [anger,love,hate,joy…];
bodytype = set of [blood,bone,neuron,...];
begin {birth}
{put life program here}
end. {death}
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For some, 'end.' is a scary thing. It shouldn't be, though, because every program must end. If it didn't, the computer would eventually run out of memory, even with a multitasker. This ecosystem can only hold a certain number of programs. Try to keep this computer in good repair for future programs.
A hard disk crash would be mahem…we don't have backup copies.
Not only do you mutate yourself, you contribute to the mutation of others. Every time you take action that effects another program, you mutate it. Every time you contact someone, you change them. Remember that some programs are very fragile. And everyone has been programmed differently : thus, some vast differences arrise.
Goal : be satisfied with yourcode.
If not satisfied then repeat think; self-mutate; until satisfied;
Understand?
- Mad Marvin June 6, 1987.
Terminology : (1) GIGO - Garbage-In-Garbage-Out (2) AI - Artificial Intelligence (3) CPU - Central Processing Unit (4) RAM - Random Access Memory (virtual drive) (5) BRS - Big Red Switch (turns off IBM computers)
The following topics were mentioned : Heredity vs environment Conformity Self-esteem and self-satisfaction The fragility of life Death Conservation and pollution Nuclear war Kindness to others Individuality and acceptance of differences Changing oneself Goal-orientation