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The Anthropomorphic Universe
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The humans continue their descent into gibberish. They approach the precipice en masse; not because they are lemmings, but because they play them on TV.

It appears the humans can no longer comport themselves naturally. They insist on artificial rules that they feel make them endearing to others. Soon they will only speak in disparate quotations shouted into the abyss.

The humans' chatter grows ever more meaningless. Soon they will be paralyzed by memetic contagions, their evolution undone by they evolution of their communication. Words will be to humans as humans have been to genes until they can no longer place themselves atop evolution's ladder, for that runt of a notion will

Only insignificant fools distinguish between points on your tiny planet.

Only insignificant fools distinguish between points on your tiny planet.