Kalash of Cultures - Pakistan: http://youtu.be/qEXnEfdvv6s The argument: 1. Watch the video; this Dardic mountain tribe plays polo. They fiercely fought for their independence through the ages, till the British arrived; at which point they adopted some British customs like playing polo on weekends (although they claim they invented the game first). 2. The Kalasha have lived in geographic isolation for so long that their DNA has diverged. But, there are markers to suggest that they come from around the Mediterranean(that is, that they are Dardic). There are 2 theories as to how they got there: a. They were travellers along the silk route who decided to settle in a scenic location and sell spices, apricots and cherries (the latter two do not grow in the subcontinent, only in the Mediterranean; and with no contact with the outside world for centuries, there's no other way they could've gotten these fruits) b. They are descendants of Alexander the Great 's armies; who ref...
Several of us have posited that the shapers may be telepaths who have opted to reduce or dissolve most individual barriers. It's an inference drawn from Jarvis' description of their ability to fully measure/interpret an individual's quantum state, Misty & Jarvis' apparent mental perception, and that shaper-collective shared meaning.
ReplyDeleteMike Wissinger Jim Lai as well as Roland Jarvis's reference to the water, like a collective body with individual waves. Good thinking
ReplyDeleteinteresting....
ReplyDeleteThe entry is already there.
ReplyDeleteADA also promises a future without individuality. A technological version of Shapers?
I think ADA is offering a future of homogenous mind sharing multiple bodies. I believe the ultimate offered by the shapers will be distinct minds in union having transcended the body and inhabiting the XM substrate. Look at the ENL faction logo. To me it resembles a compound glyph more than the Enlightened glyph: end body.
ReplyDeleteOn that note, one of the unknown glyphs could be a combination of SHAPER/COLLECTIVE + SELF.
ReplyDeleteThe star-like glyph has no doubt been noted to be a compound of CLEAR + CREATE + DESTROY. Helios + Initio + Interitus?
ReplyDeleteI want to interpret the final unknown glyph as DISCOVER + ALL + PATH, but the ALL interpretation is a bit of a stretch.
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