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Alice Grove MCDLT - March 2017
brasca:
Since Alice Grove will be on hold for a couple of weeks while Jeph Jacques gets ready for conventions I thought I'd start the next poll for March. With the way things are moving we're sure to meet the Praeses some time next month.
BenRG:
I'm wondering if we're going to see a tree wired up to a computer programmed by some mad scientist some time in the past who was sure that it made it possible for the 'Tree Spirits' to communicate with humans. The verbiage the communications software produces in response to the tree's bioelectric impulses might be what the bio-engineered super-tree is 'thinking' but it might also be what the scientist thought they should be thinking. So, you basically have a civilisation following the hallucinations of what a long-dead bio-engineer thought that the Dryads were saying to him and using that to formulate policy that could end millions of lives.
Really, it's much like the role of religion in war throughout the middle ages, when you think about it.
brasca:
Sounds similar to the Star Trek episode "Return of the Archons" where Beta III is ruled by a super computer based on a long dead leader, Landru. The only difference was Landru perpetuated the same level of civilization for 6000 years without ever deviating. The praeses seem like they want to shake things up by bringing their way of life to Earth.
Kugai:
Neko_Ali:
Looks like Alice got an upgrade..
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