The Human Operating Manual

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The Alien’s Guide to the Human

The Alien’s Guide to the Human An unbiased analysis of the human species. High surface area skin to increase contact with the external world, sensory integration, and future prediction model with a default threat response system. Cooperative selfishness and hive mind being restricted by fear (highlight individuality to increase difference, preventing assimilation).  

The Earth

The Earth Our home and how the elements tie together.  Magnetosphere Cycles Life The ecosystem and the trophic levels of energy The river theory of pressure, volume, and frequency causing positive change in a system and the lack of leading to atrophy and reduction. The role we have in the system

The Sun

The Sun The accelerant of entropy for the inhabitants of the planet. Heat, light, rhythm, chlorophyll interaction, source of energy, gravity, etc.  

The Ground

The Ground Soil (nitrogen cycle, nutrient density, water), carbon cycle, and tectonic plates. Decaying matter turnover – fungi and rot.  Plants The Plant Paradox The problem is that plants don’t want to be eaten. They have their own evolutionary pressures and incentives that make them as self-preserving as any other species. Because plants can’t run […]

The Ocean

The Ocean The medium for all life on the planet. Ocean current, temperature, carbon, acidity, composition, etc.  

The Air

The Air Temperature, weather, air currents, and air pressure. Air composition throughout history. 

Evolution & Genetics

Evolution & Genetics Sapolsky: Sexual selection and reproductive fitness Kinship and degree of relatedness Reciprocal altruism. Must be smart enough to remember each other and their interactions. Must be long lived. Cooperation, cheating, detecting cheating. Caveat: bacteria still do tit for tat and reciprocal interaction.  Game theory. Prisoner’s dilemma Optimizing genetics for the given environment. […]

LUCA & the Energy Bubbles

LUCA & the Energy Bubbles Potential hypotheses for life: thermal vents, spark (lightening), panspermia, etc. What life means: Encapsulated potential for energy that is used for greater dispersal Sponges and mat grazers (Mike Paulin research). Fear vs gain (glutamate and calcium channels) Bayesian Brain Theory, The Free Energy Principle https://www.nature.com/articles/nrn2787 https://medium.com/@solopchuk/intuitions-on-predictive-coding-and-the-free-energy-principle-3fc5bcedc754 Our senses, epithelial cells, […]

Energy Factories

Energy Factories Mitochondria http://thehumanoperatingmanual.com/mitochondria-and-the-future-of-medicine-the-key-to-understanding-disease-chronic-illness-aging-and-life-itself/ Mineral Fix notes Minerals Driving Energy Production In total, there are up to 22 vitamins and minerals that support mitochondrial enzymes and are needed for energy production. Minerals also help to activate antioxidant enzymes that protect the mitochondria from oxidative stress. Deficiencies in these minerals can lead to a reduction in […]