An abomination

Yesterday, I presented to you a summary of Rome's case against the Overmind from Part 2 of Rome's Revolution. The first part of the discussion surrounds the fact that the Overmind sprang into existence, fully formed, as soon as enough Vuduri had a PPT resonance going. Rome felt that as an entity it had no time to prepare its thought processes as would another organism that grew.

She started it out with a nuclear bomb. Even the great and power Overmind was shaken by her opening arguments:

     “Yes,” Rome replied. “However, what I am about to tell you is very harsh. You must listen to everything I say and only after I am done should we discuss this. The things I say will be hard to hear but I am not saying them to insult you. They are simply the truth as I see them. You may challenge them after I am done and perhaps between the two of us, we can arrive at a consensus.”
     “Agreed,” said the Overmind. “Begin.”
     “There are three reasons why I tell you this, that within you lies the seeds of your destruction. During this session, I will only explain one. I will explain the other two at a later time. Do not press me on them. This one thing alone will be hard enough to hear without trying to work through it all at once.”
     “I am the Overmind,” the Overmind insisted. “There is nothing you can say that will disturb me in the slightest. I can handle anything you have to offer.”
     “We will see. But I insist. One step at a time, please,” Rome said forcefully.
     “If you insist,” said the Overmind. “Continue.”
     “All right. First and foremost, you are an abomination.”
     “What?!” the Overmind stated, “why do you say this?”
     “Please wait until I am done. I know you will not forget what I say and I promise to answer all questions. But I will never get through it if you interrupt me.”
     “But what you said. Why be cruel?” whined the Overmind.
     “It is not my intent. Only that I tell you the truth as I see it. As I said, I need to get through this. That is why you must hold your comments in abeyance until I am done. It is possible that I am mistaken and then perhaps I will retract some of these things.”
     “All right. I accept your conditions,” said the Overmind. “Continue.”
     “You are an abomination because you sprang into existence. You were not born. You and your brothers did not have access to the normal shaping and smoothing that nature provides all living things. There was no natural selection. There was no evolution. There was no trial and error to find your best form.”
     “I am the best form,” the Overmind said. “I am already perfect. I came from the samanda of Earth. I am the culmination of the integration of a million minds.”
     Rome simply waited until the Overmind finished its bluster.
     “Are you done yet?” she asked impatiently.

Tomorrow, part 2 of Rome's opening argument.