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I/O beings are composed of information, not necessarily abstract.
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The I/O pages are really, really bad
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It is metaphorical!
We cannot comprehend beings beyond dimensions. Our entire perception of the world is founded upon dimensions. So yes, we use metaphors to liken these impossible beings to things we can actually understand. That's how fiction works too. Mercurius's God self is not a man with long black hair or a serpent coiling around creation, that's just how the author portrays him, because attempting to show what a being beyond dimensions would actually look like is impossible. Same with the Cthulhu Mythos, same with the Chousin. What we see as the readers of these works is not what these beings would actually look like if beings lacking dimensions existed.
But if the metaphor includes arms being chopped off and Regenerationn, why would we automatically judge that as something being "erased beyond confines and concepts of dimensions" instead of just calling it "the abstract metaphorical 1-A dimensionless version of High-Low"?
We cannot comprehend beings beyond dimensions. Our entire perception of the world is founded upon dimensions. So yes, we use metaphors to liken these impossible beings to things we can actually understand. That's how fiction works too. Mercurius's God self is not a man with long black hair or a serpent coiling around creation, that's just how the author portrays him, because attempting to show what a being beyond dimensions would actually look like is impossible. Same with the Cthulhu Mythos, same with the Chousin. What we see as the readers of these works is not what these beings would actually look like if beings lacking dimensions existed.
But if the metaphor includes arms being chopped off and Regenerationn, why would we automatically judge that as something being "erased beyond confines and concepts of dimensions" instead of just calling it "the abstract metaphorical 1-A dimensionless version of High-Low"?
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Because 1-A doesn't have the equivalent of High-Low.
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And why is that?
Just because they don't have conventional mass and matter, doesn't mean that when they regenerate some abstract damage to their abstract self, they are regenerating from nothing at all. They are still regenerating from their abstract self
Just because they don't have conventional mass and matter, doesn't mean that when they regenerate some abstract damage to their abstract self, they are regenerating from nothing at all. They are still regenerating from their abstract self
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I suppose the best we can hope for us just how much of them got destroyed. Can we atleast go off of that?
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@Iapitus We're still debating where "how much of them got destroyed" is even relevant to 1-A beings, so no
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Wait so... i dont see the problem. They can be damaged but not destroyed completely, and regenerate from that. So whats the issue
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They're listed as having Regenerationn because apparently they regenerated from wounds during their fight.
But we're trying to work out what regenerating from damage on a 1-A level even qualifies as, so just leave it as Regenerationn for now.
But we're trying to work out what regenerating from damage on a 1-A level even qualifies as, so just leave it as Regenerationn for now.
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I see
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