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[truthin-bones.livejournal.com]

[Written.]

Since my arrival to Paradisa, I have encountered a number of people that contradict my prior belief in certain species being purely of the fictional realm. But I still maintain that there is a rational explanation for even the most inconceivable of species. But there are some concepts I refuse to believe in.

While I cannot claim to understand the technology behind resurrection and resuscitation in place for castle inhabitants upon death, it remains inconceivable to think the dead can return to an animated state on its own.

When an organism dies, biological functions terminate. Even if an organism survives any endangerment to their homeostasis, with the rare exception, senescence will ultimately lead to a cessation of life. At this point, the organism is no longer able to maintain its internal environment in a constant state, structural organization of the body gives way to decomposition, growth, metabolism, and adaptation cease. Response to stimuli is no longer an option.

The idea of an "undead" state of being outside of fictional or mythological works is preposterous. The word is an oxymoron. An organism cannot be considered clinically dead and yet continue to function as any living organism would. With cardiac arrest and the cessation of brain activity comes an inability for someone to interact with their environment, a key conception in the definition of life.

Rather than jumping to superstitious conclusions based upon inaccurate information derived from fictional works, I would recommend seeking a more rational explanation. Historically, there have been a number of cases of misdiagnosed death. Genetic conditions such as porphyria and severe photodermatitis have been previously considered explanations for the development of vampire lore. It is entirely possible that some sort of biological alteration could be responsible for the so-called "supernatural" conditions in those who had once be human - a virus or genetic predisposition, for example.

Overall, I am growing weary with the consistent mention of magic and the supernatural. The library is a valuable source of information, with plenty of factual knowledge for anyone interested in being better educated.

Comments

[bigbad]

[Oh, Brennan, you keep trying, it's so cute.]

You don't know everything, love. And this area's one where you're completely clueless.

[truthin-bones.livejournal.com]

My career involves the study of the dead. I am very familiar with the latest research to come out of forensic, osteological, and medical journals before my arrival here.

[percepts.livejournal.com]

[ in light of recent events, she finds brennan's determination to stick to her beliefs a lot less admirable than she did before ]

People are dying, Dr. Temperance.

[truthin-bones.livejournal.com]

Something I am well aware of and condone. But as so much as stopping those behind the murders is important, so is factual knowledge. So long as victims are castle inhabitants, I cannot be of any use in the investigation. The rapid rate of decomposition makes it impossible to do a thorough study of the bones.

What I can do is educate the public with proper scientific knowledge in hopes that it will be of some assistance.

[aimhighwhynot.livejournal.com]

"Magic is just science we don't understand yet." Although, I am generally inclined to agree with you.

[truthin-bones.livejournal.com]

Magic is an easy and dismissive way to explain scientific phenomena.

[ectobabble.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but ... doesn't the presence of otherworldly beings make it pretty clear that the laws of life, death, and supernatural physics change from dimension to dimension? I mean ... lookit people like Hellboy. You'd never see someone like that where you're from, but here he is! And it's not outside of the realm of possibility at all that different scientific laws are either active or null and void dependent on their home dimension.

I'm not knockin' your forensic knowledge at all - I mean, really, it's impressive as hell - but in a place like this, you gotta keep your mind open to new modes of study and the addition of other sets of rules and laws ... there's a lot of cross-integration going on here, and if we can't find a way to adapt our thought processes to work around or with it ... we're gonna hit an awful lotta brick walls, and that's no help to anyone at all. Not to mention, it's just plain stressful.

[truthin-bones.livejournal.com]

[Keeping her mind open. See, now, that's really the big problem with all of this.]

I am still not ready to acquiesce to the existence of ghosts. And I do not know who Hellboy is. Regardless, the presence of varying species from varying dimensions does not dismiss the notion of certain multiversal constants.

The cycle of life and death is an as integral and consistent part of universe as gravity.

filtered;

[possiblycantdie]

[ You've caught her curiosity with your theories, Temperance. They're good theories in theory, but you're missing some things ]

And what do your theories say relating to bats? Or the lack of a heartbeat.

filtered;

[truthin-bones.livejournal.com]

It is entirely possible that these species which lack heartbeats have instead developed an alternative system of gas and nutrient transport. The heart's main purpose is to serve as a motor to the circulatory system. So long as the body continues to provide the necessary resources to cells for metabolic functions, I would hypothesize that an organism can survive.

But I am not sure how bats are relevant.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

Uh...

[an awkward pause, debating saying anything]

[truthin-bones.livejournal.com]

Yes?

Filtered to

[decibel-chamber.livejournal.com]

You'd be amazed at what y'can find yerself believin' in, when i's right in front o' ya.

I'm what my world calls a "mutant", that is, a human who's genetic code went under a drastic, spontaneous mutation, granting me abilities above an' beyond wha's normally possible. Before I lost me powers, I was called a "psionic biokinetic". Simply put, I had a mentally-controlled furnace o' energy takin' th' place o' me internal organs, which were destroyed when my powers first manifest. I didn' need t'eat, drink, or breathe, I didn' have a heartbeat, and I communicated via telepathy out o' necessity. I was clinically "dead" from th' time I was eighteen, to th' time I was twenty-four.

All o' that's gone now, but explain t'me how tha's supposed t'make any sort o' sense from a medical perspective. Even th' doctors I had back home couldn' make sense o' me back then.

Filtered

[truthin-bones.livejournal.com]

I have a friend here who has explained a very similar reality to me; the idea that recent mutations in the genome have led to unique and varying abilities among the human population. The complexity is fascinating, and unlike anything we have in my universe.

I am not a geneticist. And I cannot speak with certainty in regards to any of my hypotheses. But I do believe that, given time, an actual explanation can be determined for your condition. The generation of energy by your body is unprecedented. Somehow, the generation of this energy superseded the need for any other biological function.

Written

[hesam-bb.livejournal.com]

It's nice to know not everyone believes in magic.

A rational explanation to how all this works would be great.

Written

[truthin-bones.livejournal.com]

It is definitely a relief.

Do you know Billy at all?

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[Dictated slowly and deliberately.]

You live.

In.

A magic.

Castle.

[artsy]

I think I might have to second this, Bren.


Anything goes in a magic castle.

[echivoc.livejournal.com]

[Even through the horrendous hum going on in his head, he still finds humor in this entry. So have a deep chuckle in response!]

Ignorance must be bliss to you, terran.

[darkevangel.livejournal.com]

The Terran trait to accept what they want, and ignore the facts thrust in front of their face..... truly their greatest ability.

[bigbad]

[Oh, Brennan, you keep trying, it's so cute.]

You don't know everything, love. And this area's one where you're completely clueless.

[truthin-bones.livejournal.com]

My career involves the study of the dead. I am very familiar with the latest research to come out of forensic, osteological, and medical journals before my arrival here.

[percepts.livejournal.com]

[ in light of recent events, she finds brennan's determination to stick to her beliefs a lot less admirable than she did before ]

People are dying, Dr. Temperance.

[truthin-bones.livejournal.com]

Something I am well aware of and condone. But as so much as stopping those behind the murders is important, so is factual knowledge. So long as victims are castle inhabitants, I cannot be of any use in the investigation. The rapid rate of decomposition makes it impossible to do a thorough study of the bones.

What I can do is educate the public with proper scientific knowledge in hopes that it will be of some assistance.

[aimhighwhynot.livejournal.com]

"Magic is just science we don't understand yet." Although, I am generally inclined to agree with you.

[truthin-bones.livejournal.com]

Magic is an easy and dismissive way to explain scientific phenomena.

[ectobabble.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but ... doesn't the presence of otherworldly beings make it pretty clear that the laws of life, death, and supernatural physics change from dimension to dimension? I mean ... lookit people like Hellboy. You'd never see someone like that where you're from, but here he is! And it's not outside of the realm of possibility at all that different scientific laws are either active or null and void dependent on their home dimension.

I'm not knockin' your forensic knowledge at all - I mean, really, it's impressive as hell - but in a place like this, you gotta keep your mind open to new modes of study and the addition of other sets of rules and laws ... there's a lot of cross-integration going on here, and if we can't find a way to adapt our thought processes to work around or with it ... we're gonna hit an awful lotta brick walls, and that's no help to anyone at all. Not to mention, it's just plain stressful.

[truthin-bones.livejournal.com]

[Keeping her mind open. See, now, that's really the big problem with all of this.]

I am still not ready to acquiesce to the existence of ghosts. And I do not know who Hellboy is. Regardless, the presence of varying species from varying dimensions does not dismiss the notion of certain multiversal constants.

The cycle of life and death is an as integral and consistent part of universe as gravity.

filtered;

[possiblycantdie]

[ You've caught her curiosity with your theories, Temperance. They're good theories in theory, but you're missing some things ]

And what do your theories say relating to bats? Or the lack of a heartbeat.

filtered;

[truthin-bones.livejournal.com]

It is entirely possible that these species which lack heartbeats have instead developed an alternative system of gas and nutrient transport. The heart's main purpose is to serve as a motor to the circulatory system. So long as the body continues to provide the necessary resources to cells for metabolic functions, I would hypothesize that an organism can survive.

But I am not sure how bats are relevant.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

Uh...

[an awkward pause, debating saying anything]

[truthin-bones.livejournal.com]

Yes?

Filtered to

[decibel-chamber.livejournal.com]

You'd be amazed at what y'can find yerself believin' in, when i's right in front o' ya.

I'm what my world calls a "mutant", that is, a human who's genetic code went under a drastic, spontaneous mutation, granting me abilities above an' beyond wha's normally possible. Before I lost me powers, I was called a "psionic biokinetic". Simply put, I had a mentally-controlled furnace o' energy takin' th' place o' me internal organs, which were destroyed when my powers first manifest. I didn' need t'eat, drink, or breathe, I didn' have a heartbeat, and I communicated via telepathy out o' necessity. I was clinically "dead" from th' time I was eighteen, to th' time I was twenty-four.

All o' that's gone now, but explain t'me how tha's supposed t'make any sort o' sense from a medical perspective. Even th' doctors I had back home couldn' make sense o' me back then.

Filtered

[truthin-bones.livejournal.com]

I have a friend here who has explained a very similar reality to me; the idea that recent mutations in the genome have led to unique and varying abilities among the human population. The complexity is fascinating, and unlike anything we have in my universe.

I am not a geneticist. And I cannot speak with certainty in regards to any of my hypotheses. But I do believe that, given time, an actual explanation can be determined for your condition. The generation of energy by your body is unprecedented. Somehow, the generation of this energy superseded the need for any other biological function.

Written

[hesam-bb.livejournal.com]

It's nice to know not everyone believes in magic.

A rational explanation to how all this works would be great.

Written

[truthin-bones.livejournal.com]

It is definitely a relief.

Do you know Billy at all?

[painhumbles.livejournal.com]

[Dictated slowly and deliberately.]

You live.

In.

A magic.

Castle.

[artsy]

I think I might have to second this, Bren.


Anything goes in a magic castle.

[echivoc.livejournal.com]

[Even through the horrendous hum going on in his head, he still finds humor in this entry. So have a deep chuckle in response!]

Ignorance must be bliss to you, terran.

[darkevangel.livejournal.com]

The Terran trait to accept what they want, and ignore the facts thrust in front of their face..... truly their greatest ability.