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Annihilation : Episode 143
Alex Garland
❤️. Ex Machina.
Abominable mutants
Shark-gators. Flower-deer. Man-bear-mole-pig. Dr Manhattan-style animal transformations. Big blue tree phalluses.
Horizontal gene transfer
Micro vs macro.
Continuous mutation
Plants.
The shimmer
Exponential understanding. Deciphering the puzzle of Earth life. Clams with human faces. Desctructive/transformative information processing. They’re Made Out of Meat
Micro-life in the shimmer
Boa constrictors in your gut. Tapeworm run amok. Gut bacterial colonies and fungus. Cordyceps zombie fungus a la The Girl With All the Gifts.
The Shimmerrer
Interfacing with alien life. Different levels of understanding. Von Neumann machines.
The ending
Deciphering the ending without putting the major spoilage here in this page.
The Girl With All the Gifts: parasitic fungi, speed of smell, and the end of humanity: Decipher SciFi
Ex Machina: ai software, wetware, and the turing test: Decipher SciFi
The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth – The Bacteriophage by Kurzgesagt: YouTube
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Alex Garland
❤️. Ex Machina.
Abominable mutants
Shark-gators. Flower-deer. Man-bear-mole-pig. Dr Manhattan-style animal transformations. Big blue tree phalluses.
Horizontal gene transfer
Micro vs macro.
Continuous mutation
Plants.
The shimmer
Exponential understanding. Deciphering the puzzle of Earth life. Clams with human faces. Desctructive/transformative information processing. They’re Made Out of Meat
Micro-life in the shimmer
Boa constrictors in your gut. Tapeworm run amok. Gut bacterial colonies and fungus. Cordyceps zombie fungus a la The Girl With All the Gifts.
The Shimmerrer
Interfacing with alien life. Different levels of understanding. Von Neumann machines.
The ending
Deciphering the ending without putting the major spoilage here in this page.
The Girl With All the Gifts: parasitic fungi, speed of smell, and the end of humanity: Decipher SciFi
Ex Machina: ai software, wetware, and the turing test: Decipher SciFi
The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth – The Bacteriophage by Kurzgesagt: YouTube
Support the show!
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