# another term for self the 'unfortunate bioelectric neural miscalculation' called ego as coined by fellow researcher henry swanson after countless glacially grinding years witnessing and being in the tiresome presence of swollen empty heads show offs arrogant fools strutting peacocks tough guys know-it-alls the smugly condescending and the violetly incurious oh the 'i' - such a little thing a single neural letter: me me me why does it too often seem to be all about me when it obviously isn't to note how elf appears horrendously persistent in its capacity to proudly champion inherently limited knowledge over continual learning and intense doubting philosophical / scientific curiosity researcher henry swanson has long since started wondering if the elf even exists outside whatever delusional confined and fractured model it imagines it is see that's the point if all the brain is capable of is remotely and vaguely imagining what the elf is that maybe the elf is nothing more or less than a brain generated delusion the direct philosophical implications of such a realisation are to put it bluntly biocosmic in scale // republic of bob