Iwona Gajda

The Holographic

World

Part II .Genetically Ideal Individuals

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

New Generation of Humans

The Human Laboratory

New Generation of Humans ............................................................................... 10

In a Trap

Lonely and Not Understood .................................................................................. 16

The Heart

Profiled People ...................................................................................................... 26

Tesla’s Tower

Genetic Experiments ............................................................................................ 31

Edison’s Clones

Key Decisions ........................................................................................................ 37

Lost Normality

Gene Drive ............................................................................................................. 44

Meta–Vademecum

The Visionaries of Electricity ............................................................................... 47

Chapter 2

Genetically Ideal Individual

Xena

The Android–Woman ........................................................................................... 62

Transhumans

Genetically Ideal Individual .................................................................................. 67

Non–functional DNA

The Genome of a Perfect Human ........................................................................ 71

Telomeres

Ends of Chromosomes ....................................................................................... 75

The Clones

In a Reproductive Cell......................................................................................... 79

Exemplary DNA

Model of Deoxyribonucleic Acid ........................................................................ 83

The Chart of Life

The Pattern of Non–coding Genes ...................................................................... 87

Artificial Nervous System

Neural Network ................................................................................................... 92

The Rebellion of Mutants

Triggering a Hormonal Shock ........................................................................... 97

Meta–Vademecum

Gender Reassignment

Evolution

Prominent Scientists ........................................................................................... 101

Chapter 3

The Last Homo sapiens

The Vagus Nerve

The Metaphysical Part ......................................................................................... 124

Alike

Meeting One’s Own Clone ................................................................................ 128

Emergency System

The Fire Escape ................................................................................................. 134

The Second Brain

Laboratory of Cardiac Plexus ............................................................................ 138

Tests

Brain–Computer Interface ............................................................................... 142

Meta–Vademecum

Transhumanism .................................................................................................. 149

Who will

we become?

I go. Swathed in starlight and faith for a better tomorrow. Although the path is sinuous and there are rocks under my feet, I am not going to give up. I take careful steps, looking out for a human. I sense that it will be easier to overcome obstacles and multiply joy together than on my own.

We will build an amazing and safe place on Earth for all the creatures that inhibit it.

–Where such a conviction comes from, that you will

build it? – an unknown voice reaches me from the other side of the wal s of the tunnel.

–Love has been woven in the human genome in order to render us felicitous and wise. We inherit it from generation to generation. This is the Holy Grail of humankind which brings people glory, cure and spirit. It constitutes the opportunity for a human being to be a superb individual.

–Listen, the human genome is no more, no less but three

billion base pairs between which chemical reactions occur – states the voice. – One only needs to distinguish their structure, ways of operation and functions to form an absolute human. A healthy one, maybe even an immortal one.

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–Not exactly – I glance about but I still do not see anyone. – Genomes are remarkably complicated sets of information—manipulating them

may result in disruption of the

equilibrium of an organism, which may cause a genetic disaster. Homo sapiens could even vanish off the face of Earth. Nobody would dare to embrace the risk!

–What if you are wrong? –

retorts the voice. – To cross the line between life and death is a primeval desire of humanity. One would do

everything to take the place of God.

–Who are you? – I fol ow the tunnel’s wal s with my eyes, trying to discern someone or something.

–Does not matter. Open the next

door.

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Chapter 1

The Human

Laboratory

The Human

Laboratory

New Generation of Humans

We exchange the genetic material of diverse humans, working with the object of creating an ideal individual.

I walk in. A round room resembles an astronomical observatory.

I note a giant cupola made of glass through which one may see the night sky. I reflexly look up to watch the stars. The Charles’s Wain’s shaft transforms into the Great Bear’s tail.

–Everything in order – I examine the situation in the blink of an eye, then I scout around. There are many colorful doors, however, all of them are closed. They fill each inch of the oval wall—I do not have any idea which one I should open first.

–Choose the red doors – a masculine voice reaches me from afar, yet I cannot see anyone.

–Who is this? – I ask.

–It does not matter, go in here.

–Why the red one? – I delve.

–Hurry up, the others will arrive in no time. There is a long line behind you, everyone wants to get some modifications.

Even though I do not know what he is talking about, I near the red doors. Suddenly, they vanish in the air. They fade away in the clouds of white smoke, whereas a long hall materializes in the depth of the wal . I guess its length equals more or less several yards, while its width could be compared to a four–lane motorway. It sucks me in. I slowly and careful y move down the lighted tunnels, yet inside me I experience a specific feeling of discomfort. I do not have any clue myself if I made the right choice by staying in this holographic predicament. I wish I could turn back now and return to the normal world, but I cannot so much as divine where it is.

–Go right – information permeates the room. Where does it come from? No faintest idea.

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The Mutants

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Stil , I use the joystick and turn rightward; a passage opens in front of me, another tunnel.

–Stop! – a middle–aged man flies to me in an electric armchair.

His baldness reflects the light, while his thick whiskers attract a lot of attention.

–I know who you are! – boosted, I shuffle the cards of my mind with the people I have seen to date.

I pick one of them and fixate on the man’s brows. I immediately gather what is going on: those who are still alive are not the point here.

–Charles Darwin? – I surmise haltingly.

–Almost… – a bit perplexed, he averts his gaze.

–How so, almost? – I stand en face, attentively surveying the face of the British botanist and geologist who—with his theory of natural selection—divided the academia and shattered the contemporary world order.

–His eighty–percent–clone. I have been created from his DNA.

–What about the remaining twenty percent?

–They were taken from Tesla.

–Which Tesla? – I analyze quickly.

–Nikola Tesla – he completes forthwith. – The one who invented the AC motor, transformer, hydroelectric power station, disc turbine, light bulb…

–You are telling stories – I interrupt him. – Many scientists had been working on the bulb. James Bowman, Warren de la Rue, Robert Grave and Joseph Wilson Swan – I name. – But the posterity remembers only Edison.

Colorless bubbles circle around Darwin’s bald head. Easy at first, then increasingly faster. I am under the impression that they are preparing to attack and that they will hit me any minute now.

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–What is your problem?! – I inquire irritatedly, at the same time wanting to calm him down.

–I have a history of three hundred patents, one hundred twenty five inventions, including a light bulb! – he sets forth, waving his hands. –

Edison is nothing but a thief and a liar. He hired me in 1885 and my job was to modify his resolutions in the company Edison Machine Works.

So I did what he told me to; nonetheless, afterward he did not pay me those fifty thousand dol ars he had promised earlier. Besides, he also took the credit for many concepts of other creators.

–Okay, I understand that the relationship between you two was not the best – I cut him off, simultaneously taking three steps backwards.

It seems to me that I have just initiated some chain reaction.

The man fastens his attention on me, his eyes gleaming with light. On his cheeks I notice thin violet strands. I have never seen something like this on a human face before.

–Edison disparaged alternating current! – he raves. – And it was AC

that brought about a revolution in the world. Thanks to my inventions people have electric lighting, radio transmitters and receivers, X–rays, radars… I formed the very rudiments of wireless communication and robotization!

–Sure, anyway, it is none of my business – I chop him off again. –

I do not want to be a part of any conflict. Moreover, you have told me yourself that, in a majority, you are a Darwin. In point of fact, who are you then? Where have you brought me? – I look around, attempting to orient in the middle of the ever–increasing labyrinth of corridors.

I perceive that various people are coming here from every direction.

They are all sitting on electric chairs, joysticks in their palms, driving.

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After two or three seconds each of them breezes into some bifurcation and disappears; among others, I discern a ballerina, a soldier and an athlete. In addition, certain figures are disfigured, as if they had only one half of their face or of the entire body.

–What is going on?! – I question uneasily, clasping the joystick even tighter. – And who are those people?

–I am the guardian of evolution – the man pronounces words loudly and with deliberation. I sense both pride and madness in his voice. –

You are in the human laboratory presently, which is a place where we exchange the genetic material of diverse humans, working with the object of creating an ideal individual.

I feel my temples pulsating. I rapidly endeavor to connect the dots.

–But gene therapy means replacing the faulty fragments… –

I start tentatively. – Its purpose is to prevent diseases, for example leukemia, hemophilia, parkinsonian syndrome or severe combined immunodeficiency.

–Yes, such were the beginnings. Today we swap the portions of DNA and RNA to order. Shortly, there will be a new and absolutely unique generation of human beings on this planet.

–And this will mean… the end of humanity… – I splutter.

–Not at al , just the opposite. It will be its new genesis – Darwin moves forward along the hal . – Come, follow me. I will show you the future.

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The Visionaries of Electricity—Meeting of Two Genial Minds: Edison and Tesla At a young age he had troubles

with learning to read and with

concentration, which was caused

by dyslexia, so he attended school only for three months. His mother supported him during individual

tuition; as a result of past disease he lost hearing in one ear, whereas in Thomas Edison

the second he had a serious hearing impairment.

(1847 – 1931)

He was an American entrepreneur,

engineer and inventor. He

Despite those difficulties,

patented over one thousand works;

Edison worked up his interest in

nevertheless, he is best–known

experimentation. As soon as at the

from refinement of the light bulb

age of ten, he set in motion a telegraph and phonograph. Thanks to his

station in his hometown on his own.

accomplishments regarding sound,

Being twelve years old he rescued

lighting and cinematography, Edison

a three–year–old girl from drowning,

went down in history as one of the

which caused getting a job as

greatest inventors and visionaries of a telegrapher in the enterprise Western his era.

Union—back then one of the biggest

telegraph companies in the United

States.

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The Visionaries of Electricity—Meeting of Two Genial Minds: Edison and Tesla The crucial achievements of Edison are: a phonograph, the device enabling sound This job opened the door to

recording and playback; the improved

his further career. Three years

model of a light bulb (1879) with bamboo later he built his first telegraph,

fiber, one of the causes of the revolution shortly afterward he invented

in lighting and electricity; a kinetoscope an automatic ”talking machine”

(1891), the forerunner of the motion–

(the phonograph). In 1868,

picture film projector that began the era Edison left New York and

of cinematography.

headed over to Boston. In 1876,

he established Menlo Park

Edison is famous not only because of

there (a so–called ”invention

his novel inventions, but also because factory”). It was one of the first

of using and refining the technologies testing laboratories worldwide to

that already existed. Defined rather as pursue practical and commercial

a ”visionary” than an ”inventor,” he deftly applications of research, where

employed various ideas and technologies the scientists, engineers and

in order to create practical products. For artisans collectively devised over

instance, even though he did not invent four hundred inventions.

the first light bulb, his honed project resulted in its common application.

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The Holographic World is a somber vision of humanity toward the end of its subsistence. A place where love does not exist.

The creatures that inhabit it are genetical y modified, they are not capable of feeling empathy as well as they have lost the ability of distinguishing between right and wrong. They are genderless, they neither procreate nor build closer relationships. They live alone, striving to satisfy their biological needs.

The beings who are more ambitious dedicate their lives to science, endeavoring to create a Genetical y Ideal Individual—a flawless human.

This is why they are modifying the human genome and replacing organs with their artificial equivalents.

Artificial Intelligence intends to seize control of the Holographic World; as a consequence, Homo sapiens is gradual y dying out, leaving its place to be taken by robots and androids.

Enter the Holographic World in order to go back and love more deeply!

Iwona Gajda—Writer, Publicist. Recounts the World.

www.iwonagajda.com