The Querent
Golden Summer
We don’t have many flowers now?
No
Why is that?
Bees do their job differently
Yes but flowers don’t exist for bees
You have no real understanding do you?
Of what?
Universal forces
Can I start with bees and work up?
Unlikely
Silence
So how are bees doing their job differently now?
It’s about intelligent design
What about it?
The design is different
So are bees different?
No
Their work is different?
Slow but we got there
So how is their work different?
They don’t forage as much
You mean fly about?
I mean forage
I don’t know what that means
You wouldn’t, it means search widely
So they don’t need to search widely anymore?
Brilliant
Why?
Intelligent design
So things are now more intelligently designed?
Safe retort
So bees work more intelligently now?
Yes
What made them more intelligent?
Did I say they were?
I thought so
The way they work is more intelligently designed
So how did that happen?
Intelligent re-design
So they’d be faster?
No just more efficient
Has anything else been re-designed?
Yes, it’s a continual process
So are we being re-designed?
Yes
Have you been re-designed?
I have always been intelligently designed
What about me?
Silence
So am I a candidate for intelligent re-design?
Unlikely
Why?
There’s a threshold.
You mean I don’t pass the intelligent threshold?
Well put
That’s not an answer
It’s a reasonable response
So I’m intelligent enough to know I’m not intelligent enough?
Well put again
Well can you tutor me?
I am
No I mean help me over the threshold
Would you know it if I did?
I’m sure I would
How?
I’d feel more intelligent
Do you feel intelligent now?
Not really
Why?
Well because you don’t like me
You do realise those factors are not connected?
Yes but I try
That’s not an intelligent response
See, you don’t like anything about me
Disconnected again
I’m sure I’d grow better if you liked me
Blame re-assignment
But you don’t know how it feels to be me?
Thankfully no
Silence
Why do you want me to like you?
Because I’d feel happier
So you have dependent happiness?
Yes
Do you think that’s positive?
Probably not
Silence
I like you as much as I’m able
Thank you. Is that a lot?
Now you’re pushing it
I’m feeling better
Pushing is not growing
So I need to grow to raise my threshold?
That’s one variable
Can I grow one variable at a time?
You’re mixing the variables
I want to grow
That’s like you wanting bigger feet
Why do you want to grow?
To improve my threshold
So you think you can raise your threshold?
Yes, with your help
Well suppose you were a bee
Old bee or new bee?
Any bee you want
Ok so I’m being a bee
What would be most important to you?
My Queen
Ok, so you’ve chosen an old bee
When you leave your hive, what is most important?
Finding flowers
What specifically?
Pollen I guess
So what would you want to re-design?
How I find my pollen
How might you do that?
More sensors?
Keep going
Maybe an inbuilt map
You have one
What’s the other part of this dynamic?
You mean the flowers?
Yes, what could flowers do?
Grow brighter, taller?
Think easier
Radiate something
Reasonable
What?
Energy
What might this do?
Signal something
Am I near my threshold?
You’re not even out of your hive
So it’s not the bees but it’s the flowers that have changed?
No both are now intelligently designed
So flowers signal and bees know where to go?
Yes
So does this work with humans?
Yes
That’s why you’re here
So who did the signalling between us?
Think back to the bees
So you radiate an energy signal?
Yes unfortunately
So I find you without foraging?
Yes.
So do I collect pollen?
You are
What do I do with my pollen?
Whatever you want
So is my pollen wisdom?
That would be a stretch
So is my pollen growth?
Check your feet
Silence
Do I get signals and forage?
Yes
So should I focus more on signals?
Yes
Will that help my threshold?
Maybe
Will some part of me always be a forager?
Yes
So I can’t turn that off?
No
Why?
Intelligent design
But I don’t have enough of it?
We’ve been though this
Do I get sent signals?
All the time
I just don’t pick them up?
Rarely
Is it my threshold thing?
Yes
Should I focus on picking up more signals?
Your choice
I’m getting a signal now. It’s very clear. I’m excited.
Interesting
Where’s it coming from?
A marigold
About the Creator
Bonnie Misha
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