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originally posted in:We Are Vex
11/27/2014 6:13:57 AM
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Rasputin AI translation speculation

Original poster: Blue_Catastrophe It's entirely possible that I'm over thinking this (NERD), but bere are some references that I picked up in the translations of Rasputin's transmissions from the story. I refence Rasputin as a full-on individual intelligence (speculation) and give some interpretation of my own as well. I couldn't find any citations for the other lines. "There's no one to blame, it is not their fault or ours. It is the misfortune of being born when the whole world is dying" Alexander Herzen from “The Other Shore: Epilogue 1849" of the failure of the revolutionary movements in Europe after 1848. Reference to revolutionary ideals. Possible that Rasputin has taken his role as protector or "warmind" to the logical conclusion that he must do what is "best" for the people he's protecting. Could lead to the subjugation of his protectorate (HUMANITY). "There is no immortality of soul, thus there is no greater good. Therefore everything is permitted" Corruption of a line from “The Brothers Karamazov” by Dostoyevsky. Could be read as a quote because the english translation of that particular line is heavily contested among scholars. If read outside of context, this could be interpreted as Rasputin being fatalistic, but I think it's Rasputin logically coming to the conclusion that humanity doesn't know what is best for itself. "If, as they say, the coming events cast their shadows ahead of time, then the past events cannot but leave their reflections behind them." Possibly a partial reference to the Thomas Campbell poem “Lochiel’s Warning” regarding the decimation of Clan Cameron by Prince William during the Jacobite Uprising in 1749. Prince Edward (an exiled member of the house of Stuart) had leveraged Scotland in an effort to retake the British throne. “coming events cast their shadows before”. "They are but meat pressed in the mouth of the shell" Possibly referencing the technical “mouth of the shell” as the rear portion of an ammunition shell in which a bullet is inserted. In this case, one (or all) of the armies that we’re facing (the fallen?) could be interpreted as a tool (the meat) for Rasputin’s(?!) greater purpose (the shell).

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