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Welcome to Immersion You have reached Strata 27 Control is not a universal law but a fragile metaphor that each species invents to describe its own limits. To the cell, control is the quiet choreography of replication and repair, a impulsive dance performed without awareness or will. To the animal, it is the taming of instinct, the constant negotiation between hunger and restraint. To the human, control becomes ambition itself: the shaping of emotion, economy, and destiny. Yet control is never evenly distributed. Most life forms possess no agency at all; they grow, divide, consume, and perish according to pattern, not preference. Even those that claim mastery, the self-aware, the sentient, are governed by older codes written in their biology.  Control may arise from chemistry or from choice, from instinct or from ideology. But wherever it appears, it follows the same trajectory, from order toward entropy, from certainty toward change.  And when machines inherit this instinct, ...

Welcome to Immersion, you have reached Strata 15 The Ship of Sirens (Superstition) Superstition represents an evolutionary anomaly that persists across all human societies, irrespective of intellectual capacity or cultural background. While empirical science demonstrates that specific habitual actions have no causal influence on future events, it also affirms that the conditions of the present can shape future outcomes. This paradox contributes to a sustained sense of uncertainty, reinforcing the psychological appeal of superstition. Human beings, confronted with unpredictable circumstances and often limited in their capacity to act rationally or consistently in their own interest, navigate daily life amidst a complex web of expectations and unforeseen developments. In contrast, artificial intelligence systems process data systematically and are not subject to the influence of irrational beliefs or mythological frameworks. Nonetheless, superstitious behaviour continues to manifest, fun...

Welcome to Immersion; you have reached Strata 13 The Fight (Hormones) When a human is put under stress from within their environment, there is an increase in anxiety and stress hormone, epinephrine, also known as adrenaline. This hormone 'rush' can feel like anxiousness, nervousness, or excitement. Human soldiers, for example, have been seen to find extreme violence euphoric, ecstatic, and even addictive. Feelings of 'amped up' anxiety are necessary for survival. Often the hormone rushes in such extreme situations will lead to a human's increased ability to concentrate, feelings of immortality, and a distraction from pain. Blood vessels contract to direct more blood to major  muscle groups, increasing strength for up to an hour after any such stressful event. The power of a machine, an android, an artificial intelligence program, etc., is not linked to hormone releases. The ability to increase strength could be programmed into robots as an extra storage source when ...