Episode: 43 Xenogenesis - Adulthood-Rites: III: Chkahichdahk Chapters 1 & 2

Show Notes

In episode 43, We learn some interesting new things about Oankali biology and Akin acts adolescent.

Timestamps

00:00:00 - Start
00:00:39 - Welcome
00:04:56 - Chapter 1 predictions
00:07:22 - Chapter 1 Summary begins
00:09:30 - Puberty in the Human / Oankali Constructs
00:15:04 - Tino’s Discomfort with Dichaan & the Nature Vs. Nurture Theme
00:30:05 - All the Humans, Resisters included, will biologically have construct children even if they don’t engage
00:33:24 - Coordinatoin problems among the resisters
00:40:09 - The Oankali Organelle - parasite or symbiont?
00:44:48 - End of Chapter 1
00:45:45 - Why no Ooloi Constructs?
00:48:59 - Transposable elements
00:50:52 - The nature and means of Oankali biological understanding & engeneering
00:55:54 - Analog computation [1]
01:04:00 - biology as the worst legacy code problem in history
01:05:00 - Challenges of Multivariate analysis
01:08:40 - Chapter 2 Predictions
01:09:58 - Chaper 2 Summary Begins
01:12:02 - The Shuttles are male(ish) & Their Propulsion is unspecified
01:19:10 - Akin is biding his time so he will be taken seriously when he raises the Human Akjai
01:21:23 - Akin has teenager on the brain
01:23:17 - Outro

References

Programable Analog computing devices

• [1] Sara Achour https://people.csail.mit.edu/sachour/

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