Spice withdrawal


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There are quite a few definitions and applications of the term Half Life and I think, if I may presume, that Loremaster is using it in it's biological context rather than the radioactive.
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Such as... the amount of THC stored in your fat cells.
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The Spice is probably just a drug that switches on the right nerve endings, enabling prescience and what-not.
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That then begs the question of why such inactive nerve endings existed.
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Replace nerve ending with capacity/capability.
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Meh... I could ask the same question again. Alternatively, instead of activating (for want of a better word) it may be likely that the spice works like any other drug i.e. distorting or changing the original function e.g. the replacement of serotonin by some hallucinogenics; rather than generating an altogether new function.
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SadisticCynic wrote:Meh...
If you're that indifferent why bother to reply?
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inhuien wrote:
SadisticCynic wrote:Meh...
If you're that indifferent why bother to reply?
My apologies. I merely meant I find the replacement unconvincing.

To clarify, asking the same question again would mean "That then begs the question of why such inactive capacities/capabilities existed."
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SadisticCynic wrote:That then begs the question of why such inactive nerve endings existed.
Well they say we only use 10% of our brains, so 20,000 years from now of only directed breeding (not genetic engineering) I would imagine we wouldn't use much more.

Dune is all about humans and what they're capable of, so the Spice unlocking something we can already do but just need help with is more likely than the Spice creating that function.
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Redstar wrote:Well they say we only use 10% of our brains,
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Well I did say "they say". It's possible FH heard it and believed it, which wouldn't change the outcome: Dune is a work of fiction, so since prescience is (most likely) impossible anyways, the cause doesn't matter anyways.

The basic concept can still be used as an explanation, since various brain disorders do something similar... For example, autism literally rewires the brain so the various nerve-endings behave in different ways, causing those affected to have any variety of symptoms, including the oft-described-as-paranormal synaesthesia. Spice could do something similar.
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I had a minor stroke a few years ago -
the only lasting effect is that I still smell apple blossoms
from time to time .... freaked me out for awhile until I
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inhuien wrote:There are quite a few definitions and applications of the term Half Life and I think, if I may presume, that Loremaster is using it in it's biological context rather than the radioactive.

Bingo. A Half life is just that. The amount of time taken for the number of molecules of a substance to halve.

E.g. Half life of uranium - time taken for the radioactive Counts per minute to halve.

Half life of paracetamol in the body - several hours.
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Half life of an original thought from TheKJA: .0048-second.
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TheDukester wrote:Half life of an original thought from TheKJA: .0048-second.
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SandRider wrote:
TheDukester wrote:Half life of an original thought from TheKJA: .0048-second.
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:lol: That's the best one yet.
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