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Slow evolution, from carbon based life to metallicAI
Index note society as cell; hybrid beings; LUCAs; Expanse

Bodily human beings have evolved from carbon based life. Cells of the carbon being use code in nucleotides, and structures in proteins. We see the same arrangement, for say e.g. in a factory plant, where devices are metallic engines, and tools of various kinds, and rna or specialized functions are done through human engineers (or RNA which carries a command and tools), to produce, and maintain structure, to perform a function. Replica of these cellular organization is seen reflecting again on a societal scale. And one may imagine the entire globe as complex being, with humans just like cells, specialized in certain thing, carrying that idea in imagination, akin to a molecule carrying its idea in its structure and flow of universe that it exists in, the imagination or specialization of an individual in the society is their structure, what they are beneath the commonness of human body and brain anatomy, engraved as knowledge onto the mind, akin to structure for cellular functions with their thinking basically as the forces of the universe (intermolecular EM forces) that we call it such.
Video that gave me the idea:
slowly, the internal complexity will manifest, enabling some of us to become hybrid beings of a different kind, slowly, but eventually. A factor that separates two species is the isolation from its similar species, in two different conditions, leads to difference in their forms. So such form of development would be only possible due to transformation arising from a need (e.g. disabled, who would need their use until organic healing of purest form is brought into existing), or isolated and in under pressure due to environmental forces. For e.g. nuclear radiation on another planet, or could just be changing circumstances on the same planet (but lets assume humanity will be fine on earth, so its unlikely to change (i’m not challenging here, for those who want to prove otherwise)), which will force us to have artificial need engraved in the body. But basically if you look at it, the only thing separating your phone from you is your decision to not use it, otherwise we are already in hybrid forms, driving cars, using AI and automation, far away from only-human wild way in jungle without technology. Its a matter of time (maybe a bit long), but it will converge into a bodily being, as ours now is , when was the last drastic shift in evolution, for e.g. the beings of water, instead of gills, now have converted (evolved or converged) to lungs on land, which still use diffusion of oxygen from a fluid media (air instead of water), and such forms will keep on evolving. For e.g. living in space, would require zero-pressure exoskeleton with oxygenated blood directly infused from another source, also while, nutrients and food can be given say without needing to eat from mouth, while such measure sound extreme, evolution has always been that, and one may find such in hospital where patient has inability to eat, or breath. Also, immunity from radiation, and one may just harbor power through other sources which can supply the energy at the rate which support life function, as current chlorophyll based would require scaling up in obtained power, if embedded in human life forms.

So lifeforms have evolved from common ancestors (LUCAs) (I put it plural because there wasn’t just single organism, but single was its type, but statistically there were the simplest and many that could have been formed together), diverged due to separation from other, and have migrated back same (just like humans with different ethnicities coexist together, compared to even just 100yrs before, where majority of population was isolated. The advances in travel throughout globe have made human ethnical differences appear normal, even though still diverse in ideas, thinking, language, cultures, etc. And myriad of life exists on this planet, which looks widely diverse and different from each other. In a same way, the part of humans that will survive, will branch into many forms of beings (for e.g. idea can be referred to Expanse series, or others)
But even after all the change, the understanding of the universe on the highest form of thinking would not change, unless beyond whats known is discovered, for e.g. another sense which is not scientifically recognized (like vision, smell, ), which is beyond what humans or nature could control, and can be described as the jumps in consciousness, and whether if they come naturally or given by things far beyond what current humans could ever understand, which leads to infinite possibilities of existence beyond current thinking, which in context of this post, is still including everything, concentrated at the core that exists, for what I know.
Original: https://triton7777.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/slow-evolution-from-carbon-based-life-to-metallicai/