The highest level of the species pyramid of species without natural enemies

Dave 2022-11-08 11:12:22

Some scattered thoughts with spoilers

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1. Murano likes the original Kind and timid Izumi, Kanai likes Izumi who is a little dangerous but still righteous.

2. How do parasites coexist with humans?
Think of the concept proposed in "Three-Body Problem 3" - the chain of suspicion.
This is an infinite loop of logic chain. When the parasitic beast, a species with power stronger than a single human being, was known to exist, suspicion between the two sides began. A single parasitic beast is much stronger than a single human. How do humans know that the parasitic beast will not slowly expand its number and eventually enslave/slaughter humans? How do parasites know if humans will resist a species more powerful than a single human being? Even if the parasitic beast really wants to get along with humans, then the parasitic beast thinks, do humans know that they want to live in peace with humans? Even if humans know, then humans think, does the parasitic beast know that the TA knows that the parasitic beast wants to live in peace with the TA?
This is an endless chain of suspicion.
However, it is certainly possible to establish a peaceful/dynamic balance within a certain time limit in an area that can be in contact with each other, otherwise no aliens/aliens in this world would exist, and the world would not be so exciting. The key points to establish a balance are:
(1) The strength is comparable and controllable. Only when both sides have the other side's handle, or the strength of the two sides is equal once the rivalry is destroyed, unless both sides are kind enough to trust each other without warning, then only the strong will dominate the weak.
(2) Trust is gradually accumulated over time. If you want to build trust, you must first give the other party enough monitoring rights and a sense of security in a short period of time.
(3) Areas can be in contact with each other. When the other party is in front of you or when the two sides meet face to face, you can more directly feel the goodwill/hostility of the other party.

3. The change and evaluation of the male lead spring
First of all, after the male protagonist changed his heart, he became very rational, beyond the rationality of ordinary people, including not being able to shed tears. After his mother was killed, he lived a normal life in a short period of time. Kana was killed in the hope of forcing himself to be more sad, "show" be more normal.
The male protagonist tried his best to treat the living puppy, but the scene of throwing it into the trash can after death really shocked me - "It's just a lump of meat in the shape of a dog." Having experienced the first near-death experience of general anesthesia, I thought it was so damn right! It was really just a lump of meat in the shape of a dog. At the moment when the dog dies, it no longer has thoughts, and the dead body of the dog can only be regarded as a piece of meat, or more microscopic, molecules/atoms/matter. But throwing it in the trash is really not a good way to deal with it. Although the male protagonist buried it later, he said something to provide nutrients to the tree... Although I know rationally, it is right, but I still shudder when I think about it. The corpse of the murder case is buried under the cherry tree, and the cherry blossoms are blooming very well...
In addition, let me talk about the double standard of the male protagonist. When the dog died, it was said to be a dog-shaped piece of meat. Why didn't Kana die throw the trash can...? According to the logic of the male protagonist, it should also be a piece of meat with a human shape? So where is the line between the two? Does this mean that humans are the species that put themselves at the highest level? So people still need to be treated differently after death?

Finally, I made a small comment that the male protagonist Izumi is not very good to Murano, and there is no explanation for asking anything (if you can't explain the parasitic beast, then say that your mother was killed? This reason is enough to make people believe that he recently It's a change of course), when encountering emergencies, he often talks to his right hand and then runs away, and he doesn't even have time to say "I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry now" to Murano? Murano is also good-natured. The male protagonist has changed so much and is so unfamiliar. When he comes to apologize, he often runs away without explanation. He can also forgive him again and again. I can only say, true love has not run away?♀️.

4. What should the male protagonist do when he is the only "human" who knows that the parasitic beast is a murderer and has the ability to help humans?
If I was asked to answer this question when I was a child, I would definitely say without hesitation that I would definitely stand up to help humans defeat monsters and become a human superhero!
Thinking about it now, it was too simple to think black and white when I was a child.
Assuming that with the help of the male protagonist, humans really kill all the parasitic beasts, then the male protagonist, as the last "super human", must be feared by ordinary people (or some people). Even if he is not killed, will he be used for scientific research to see how human beings become so powerful? With such good research materials in hand to study how to make human beings progress, even if the male protagonist will not be forced by force, Will it be forced by the morality of ordinary people around the world to contribute to all mankind? What a morally right thing to do! (See "Black Mirror" S01E01 here.)
At this moment, I remembered some dramas I watched/heard some historical stories when I was ignorant as a child, and some people who were willing to help good people didn't want to reveal their identities. At that time, I couldn't understand why good people help good people but don't want to let them know their identities. When I was a child, I would unconsciously assume the protagonist's identity and want to track down the identity of the person who helped me. I would be very anxious. When I grow up, I realize that this is a way to protect myself. being targeted. The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, but also the way of taking responsibility.

5. Regarding the attitude of the government after the discovery of parasitic beasts The
government publicly identifies the parasitic beasts but does not disclose the threat of this species. Just talk about what an individual (ordinary person) should do. You said that in the dead of night, why are you two pulling each other's hair? ? ? Isn't this courting death? ? ? People have to kill you even if they didn't want to kill you in the first place.
The government, not wanting to cause public panic, did not announce it. I've thought about similar questions before about this, is it really necessary to release information to all the general public. Interestingly, if I were at the top, I would probably choose not to announce it, because the public is blind, and widespread panic may promote some unnecessary accidents. But I haven't fully figured this out, let's wait for the logic to come through at some point in the future~

6. About
Kana Kana is a very stupid girl.
The dreams she had, her girlish heart was a copy of every girl, but she was really stupid at the same time, blindly taking her dreams as reality, and the author made her pay for her stupidity, really! Neat! Kudos to the author! I thought that the author would follow the routine of Xiaobai Mary Su's romance novels. The author is really a neat knife! At the last moment, the girl's daydream was pierced through her heart. There are more than one or two things that I admired/surprised about this drama, which will be discussed later.
In contrast, the other girl, the younger sister of the police officer who found out Hideo Shimada (transfer student) was a parasitic beast, although she did such a silly thing of going to see the dangerous parasitic beast alone and not telling anyone, But I prepared relatively correct self-defense tools-concentrated sulfuric acid (not knives or something), climbed the window decisively in case of danger, and even jumped into the tree decisively, and Hideo asked if she had told others at that time, fortunately, she was not ordinary The honest (sha) girl said she didn't tell others, but she didn't lie and tell others like I thought, but she didn't answer the question, which is also considered witty. Already a notch higher than the girl Kana.
In addition, Kanai is actually a quasi-third party who covets someone else's boyfriend? If it was the default before that Murano and the male lead Izumi were together. But as I said earlier, I feel that the male protagonist is the same to Murano?♀️.

7. What is the spring that changes hearts and fuses some parasitic beast fragments?
He became more rational, and even seemed a little cold-blooded, not as strong as a normal person. His senses/physical strength are much higher than that of ordinary humans. Because the spring is gradual, under what circumstances is a qualitative change?
Analogy to a classic philosophical problem - an old ship A, dismantling all its materials to build a ship B of another organizational structure, and building a ship C of the same structure with all the new materials, in the end ship C is the original Is ship A or ship B the original ship?
Or to put it another way, a ship, with a board replaced, is it still the same ship? Pushed to the extreme, when it is all replaced with new materials, is it still the same boat? If yes, why? If not, since when (which board/material) is it not the same boat?
In fact, I feel that in the current real life (without considering philosophical issues), it is defined. For example, in the law, the definition exceeds 55mph as speeding, and the definition exceeds $1000 and the loss must be reported. In fact, what is the great difference between 55.000001 and 55? ? It's just a defined limit.

8.
I clapped my hands and applauded the character of the detective detective. First, as a small person, after being told by his wife to be a small person, he was unwilling to do a big thing. When he was almost killed by Mickey and then threatened not to tell the truth, he actually asked the male protagonist to jump out for all mankind with a face of justice. Self-sacrifice, and when I continue to investigate things beyond my ability, I see the goodness of the male protagonist and ask the male protagonist to be his bodyguard. Just when the male protagonist wants to sacrifice himself to do things for all mankind, the detective is frightened by the previous blood. The male protagonist said: "Forget the shit I said before!" Finally, after the wife and child were killed, the little man burst out with a strong sense of revenge, completely overcoming any fear of powerful species.
The moment the detective broke off the SD card! Stunning!

9.
In fact, the description of the parasitic beasts set in the parasitic beast drama is also appropriate - "We have the same root and the same origin". In fact, the parasitic beast is a version that strengthens the human nature and strength of the id. Parasitic beasts have their own minds like human beings - see the scientist Tamiya among the parasitic beasts, the politician Hirokawa (actually human Hirokawa but he himself stands as a parasitic beast), and there are also strategies - Tamiya uses human detectives to expose male The main identity forces the male protagonist to be isolated from the human camp. Mickey sees the detective's little character and directly threatens the detective, beautiful.
In addition, the identity of the male protagonist is very similar to the role of vampire hunter VS vampire/human after being forced to be isolated from humans.

10. I really appreciate this drama
, Tete Tete especially appreciates the author's neatness. Hands up and down, not giving any halo because of their relationship with the protagonist. At first, I started watching this drama because I watched the bgm of the parasitic beast when Lying Man PDD spoke, and was planted by the bgm. After watching the first 2 and 3 episodes, it took about half a year to continue watching, but from the moment when the male protagonist's mother was killed by a parasitic beast! I can't stop brushing it in two days!
As usual, this is the protagonist's mother. Is there a high probability of being rescued by the protagonist or a very good person passing by in a particularly thrilling last moment? However! Killed instantly! No reaction time! The author is simply neat and not sloppy at all! The plot climaxes in an instant!
Kana, a young girl who imagined that the male protagonist Prince Charming would save her, relying on her ability to sense the signal of a parasitic beast, was pierced through her heart at the last moment due to her stupidity.
The detective broke off the SD card and said that what he said before was the moment of bullshit.
At the moment when the male protagonist almost gave up killing Gotou, he almost thought that the ultimate value of the play was to protect the environment, all species were equal and different species had the right to live. Then the male protagonist ran back to make up for it and said, I can only protect my small family. Nice!
In the last episode, I thought everything was over, but the murderer came out and talked about human nature and what he thought about this species of parasitic beasts.

The criterion of life is to live up to the title. It's amazing that I have never reflected on it before. Humans seem to be the only species in nature that has no natural enemies? What kind of different development trajectory would there be if there were no natural enemies than if there were natural enemies? As a species with no natural enemies, have humans placed themselves at the top of the species hierarchy?

There is a saying in the play that is very good.
We cannot deny ourselves with human values.

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Parasyte: The Maxim quotes

  • Shinichi Izumi: I seriously thought I was gonna have a heart attack.

    Migi: If that were to happen, it would be an inconvenience for me.

  • Shinichi Izumi: You know something Migi? You and I may be the wierdest crime-fighting duo ever.