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electronic entities, a time-depth, indicating whether the entity was permanent
or temporary, would be added here.
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"Humodified" is Phaethon's phenotype (modified human), which indicates that he
is a biological consciousness, not electrophotonic, of a standard human
ground-shape, compatible with the three basic aesthetics: Standard, Consensus,
and Objective. The primary purpose of the phenotype name is to identify
aesthetic compatibility.
An aesthetic identifies the symbols, emotional range, information formats,
sense impressions, and operating speeds, and so on, with which the user is
comfortable. Dolphins and Hullsmiths, for example, have additional ranges of
vision, sonar, and hearing, plus several artificial senses that exist only in
computer simulation, and consequently their ideograms can be written across a
wider range of the electromagnetic spectrum.
"(Augment)" specifies additional phenotype information, and indicates that
Phaethon carries standard-
ized immortality nanomachines in his body. Note that Phaethon's name, when he
opened his memory casket, would change to "(special augment)" to signify his
nonstandard multiple modifications and adaptations for near-light-speed
environments.
"Uncomposed" indicates a person's Composition or attachment to a cybernetic
mind network in this case Phaethon has none. Composed people who have
independent or semi-independent consciousness would list their Composition
name here. Fully Composed people list their Composition name as their first
name, and might list here their function, or list here a designation
describing the geometry of the Composition, i.e., radial, linear, parallel,
serial, hierarchical, self-organizing, or unified.
"Indepconciousness" indicates Phaethon's nervous system is entirely
self-contained. He is not linked into a mind-sharing scheme, a memory archive,
a conscience monitor; he is not part of a mental hierarchy; he is not a
synnoient or avatar; he is not emotion-linked, or sharing language midbrain
structures. When Phaethon enters full communion with his ship, so-called
navimorphosis, this name would change to reflect the mind-sharing scheme used.
Note that these last two factors are actually independent variables. A
self-aware entity can be Composed into a network without losing independence
of consciousness (if, for example, he were sharing speech and perception, but
not emotion or memory). Note also, an entity can share some aspects or
elements of consciousness without actually being part of a mass-mind. For
example, one could share short-term memories without sharing personality
(called likewisers), or vice versa (called avatars), or share dream structures
and thalamic language reactions without sharing cortex consciousness (certain
daughter groups of the Cerebellines do this). An entity with no instantaneous
sharing of cortexual thought, perception, and memory
is regarded as being legally independent, even if all other brain functions
are shared.
The "neuroform" name identifies the internal mental structures in the same way
that the Composition name identifies external mental structures. The
neuro-forms, for humans, tended to fall into one of four general categories.
Basic: Hindbrain, midbrain, and cortex are organized into a traditional
hierarchy.
Warlock: Cortex and midbrain interconnected. Allows for a repeatable form of
intuitive and lateral thought, as well as controlled dreamlike states of
consciousness.
Cerebelline (also called global): Cortex and hindbrain interconnected. Allows
for a simultaneous integration of many points of view or data streams.
Thinking is spontaneously organized rather than linear, and relies on pattern
recognition rather than abstraction.
Invariant: True unicameral consciousness, all segments of the brain at all
levels massively interconnected. Allows for a tightly disciplined mode of
thought, where all emotions, instincts, and passions are integrated into
dispassionate sanity.
The "school" identifies the particulars of a person's culture, language,
philosophy, and taste. In the time of the Golden Oecumene, all of these
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characteristics are voluntary. Traditions are adopted by individuals;
individuals are not born into traditions.
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