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1/ Some random thoughts on biological degeneration.
(Hasty, miscellaneous, but I want to write it down before I forget. An audience helps keeps my mind sharp too)
Autoimmune disorders are the result of excess biological activity, which merely coincides with autoimmune response.
(Hasty, miscellaneous, but I want to write it down before I forget. An audience helps keeps my mind sharp too)
Autoimmune disorders are the result of excess biological activity, which merely coincides with autoimmune response.
2/ This corresponds to the degenerate "high IQ" specimen, i.e. excessive activity for no good reason.
Just like the self-attacking autoimmune response, excess neuronal activity also self-attacks (with OCD, perfectionism, depression, self-deprecation, trichotillomania, etc).
Just like the self-attacking autoimmune response, excess neuronal activity also self-attacks (with OCD, perfectionism, depression, self-deprecation, trichotillomania, etc).
3/ When there's an excess of activity beyond necessity, you create problems out of nowhere. This describes neuroticism in general.
It also describes *degeneracy* in general: losing sight of the original purpose and blindly pursuing motion instead. Cf. The Sorcerer's Apprentice
It also describes *degeneracy* in general: losing sight of the original purpose and blindly pursuing motion instead. Cf. The Sorcerer's Apprentice
4/ Autoimmune disorders are *trying too hard*. They're willing for its own sake.
When the flesh is sending mixed signals, the brain gets confused too. It can't make sense of it all, which results in neuroticism
This is why such people are angsty and difficult to get along with.
When the flesh is sending mixed signals, the brain gets confused too. It can't make sense of it all, which results in neuroticism
This is why such people are angsty and difficult to get along with.
5/ Societies that work on Sundays, constantly "fulfil demand", think that business (busy-ness) is the purpose of life, etc, are societies which are trying too hard, and are therefore biologically degenerate. i.e. They become neurotic.
The kids inherit all this (with acne, etc).
The kids inherit all this (with acne, etc).
6/ Overcoming this requires not taking material life so seriously so that the body (and, by extension, the mind) can enjoy a less disturbed development. This too gets inherited.
Now, permit me some speculation with the following remarks on humanity's special status in all this:
Now, permit me some speculation with the following remarks on humanity's special status in all this:
7/ Evolution by natural selection only happens in a degenerative direction, so that it's the *weak* who die and in a *specific way*.
The specific manner of their death informs the resulting species, who are degenerating from a more perfect (apex predator) form.
The specific manner of their death informs the resulting species, who are degenerating from a more perfect (apex predator) form.
8/ It's the busybody neurotic prey who evolve by natural selection quickest. They're mutating every which-way for the reasons I listed earlier in this thread
The more relaxed animals (i.e. lions) are the opposite of these bungled, mutated, try-hard forms. Only their size changes
The more relaxed animals (i.e. lions) are the opposite of these bungled, mutated, try-hard forms. Only their size changes
