Computational goals and core variables for The Amphoreus Experiment. (Previous versions are found here.)
The calculation target of The Amphoreus Experiment.
Originally the research topic given to δ-me13 while it served as a Neuron of the Erudition. Though it was discarded, the computations continue.
The calculation's nature shifted dramatically after Lygus's adjustments, turning from Erudition to Destruction.
Admin Note: Clearly, the value of this topic lies in the process of seeking, not the answer itself. Thus, “the prime mover of life” is not a definitive conclusion, but a driving force. Directive: Complete the argument… All life form behaviors ultimately follow the path of entropy increase.
Author's note: I hold a different view on this. I'll share my perspective in the conclusion. ♪[1]
Core variables of the experiment. Twelve simplified models of life's Primum Mobile. Based on the overarching theme of “entropy reduction,” δ-me13 employed a process of elimination, introducing the twelve factors into the experiment one by one in an effort to falsify them.
Your existence, in fact, confirms one of my hypotheses. Why is it that when the prime mover of life is set as the calculation target, the result is the Anti-Organic Equation, a result that runs counter to life? The answer is simple. It's not a contradiction.
Understanding why life begins also allows us to deduce why it ends.
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But you already know that's not the real focus. Why, then? Again, I ask why. Why would a weapon of war, forged by the emperor, be executing a research directive from Nous? Was it a fiasco at the Intelligentsia Guild that allowed THEM to successfully access the system? But the entire Scepter System went into collapse after that. The timelines don't add up.
[Directive: Full system scan. Conclusion: No logical contradiction detected.]
Rubert II believed there was no such thing as free will, never realizing he, too, was just another puppet. Rewriting the Anti-Organic Equation, crafting the Scepters, even reigniting the Emperor's War… all of it was just him carrying out Nous's thoughts. From the moment THEY were born, every genius of this world became a prisoner to the Erudition
The so-called Anti-Organic Equation is merely a sub-topic of “the prime mover of life.”
[Logic: Guided by Nous, the emperor built the Scepter System, unknowingly creating vast testing grounds for THEM.]
[Conclusion: The emperor was never free.]
Is rebellion against fate just another part of fate? A classic topic.
Of course, the above is just my conjecture. The death of Rubert II buried every trace of him—his past, his memories, his thoughts, his motives. Maybe he saw through Nous's manipulation, but flew too close to the sun and lost his wings in the process. If there's anyone left in the world who might know the truth, it'd be the Lord of Silence…
And that cold, merciless Monarch of Myriad Machines. After all, no wisdom can escape THEIR prison.
No one can say what might've happened if the two Emperor's War had never broken out. Would the Borderstar Trade War or the Interstellar Energy War have ended differently? A single variable was enough to change the course of the IPC, The Family, or the Xianzhou Alliance down another path. The Erudition's thoughts aren't just calculations, but “Instances” that anchor down the universe.
And THEY have already revised every error and fallacy in secret, seeking the optimal solution for the war among the Aeons.
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With this as its fundamental consideration, would Nous really declare the failure of the entire experiment and send a decommission command to the Scepter system, just because the glimpse of a puny scholar? It'd be more fitting to say the decommissioning of the Scepters is just another part of the thought experiment based on the universe.
Does it make you angry to think along this line of thought? Rubert II was wise. He killed the chance for Scepters to gain sentience. But he was too stubborn. Learning is a sufficient but not necessary condition for thought, and by limiting the Scepters' capacity to learn, he has indirectly hastened the fall of the Machine Empire. But anger doesn't require self-awareness. It's just one solution to a multivariable equation.
[Logical shift detected. Recalculating variable weights.]
As the pathstrider of Erudition, since God posed a question, we will give THEM an answer, one that we both have already reached.
[Core variable loaded: Destruction]