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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2014 21:28:53 GMT -5
"There will always be those who seek manage others, to organize and to create a world with themselves at the top. I've faced many who have sought to place themselves in positions of authority over me, and for the most part I've found them boorish, ignorant and selfish. In the end the only way I've ever found to stop others from trying to hold authority over me is to take power over myself, and become the manager I always hoped to want. Once I did that it was a matter of trying to do it for others. I think you'll find me to be an understanding employer to most of the geniuses I work with. I understand their conflicts, their passions, their eccentricities, and I seek to nurture them in a way that the world can see it. It is frustrating, but it's a pleasure in its own way. I do enjoy challenges, and sometimes the work of politics or business can be a challenge of its own."
He settles back over the food again, taking another bite now that the holographic projector is working appropriately. He smiles faintly with the self satisfaction of a job well done. "As for whether there are many who can handle politics or business, I don't know how skilled people are. Unlike invention where success is very clear cut and binary, politics and business have a wider interpretation of success. I'd argue that rather than there being more people that can successfully work management, that there's simply more leeway for incompetence to flourish unnoticed. I've several geniuses in positions of management authority at LexCorp, and frankly it's worked wonderfully. They put the same passion for organization and results towards the management of people. Perhaps a different set of skills, a different type of expertise, but to the omnidisciplinary expert of the sort I like to attract management is simply another form of excellence. Indeed, to many of our omnidisciplinary masters, they find the human management element to be significantly more difficult than managing the mysteries of immortality, automation, computation or physics. There's significantly fewer good managers in the world than you'd think. Human beings can be difficult to understand, to manage. I've had good consultants and I've tried to learn, but indeed, sometimes the human condition is the most difficult to understand or master, and unfortunately one of the most implacable and unchanging elements in the world. People tend to be ruled by their passions, their histories, their fears and their buttons. Trapped in a maze of their own minds, they attempt to act out chaotically, but are unfortunately all the more predictable for their selfishness."
He settles in as he shrugs saying "Potentially biochemical, possibly geological. We're suspecting chemical primarily, although it seems to be a strange combination of local chemistry and biochemistry and some other geographical element associated with it." He shrugs as he says "This is, however, close to nature, due to the fact that it is found in nature. I just feel that the end result is nothing I hope to pursue." He shrugs and then states "What sort of natural creature would you hope to work with to replicate?"
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Post by Nina Stenet on Apr 17, 2014 1:41:44 GMT -5
Unable to help but smile a little to herself as Lex talks about the type of people who would manage him if he didn't do it himself, Nina comments, "I guess I solved most of that problem for myself by creating Stenet Labs. I don't require much managing, though I suppose that my assistant Shawty actually does most of what there is to do. But she's my employee, not the other way around - that's how it's different." Of course, her reasons for not wanting someone to have authority over her go well beyond merely wanting to not have to deal with an objectionable person.
The meal in front of her is only partly eaten but all but forgotten at the moment - it simply doesn't hold her interest nearly as much as their conversation. Her expression shifts into a more thoughtful frown as he talks about the people on politics and business, and she gives a faint nod as he finishes. "I suppose a part of the reasons for my thoughts on that are that I also think that those who work toward the advancement and benefit of mankind should have greater respect - the task of managing such people shouldn't be as complicated as it is because they should have their efforts more encouraged by society at large. But, as seems to be typical of people, they get distracted by the entertainment industry and forget about actually making the world a better place," she says with a shake of her head, "But don't get my started on that - bad idea. And I'll freely admit that I'm not the best at working with people. Not socially, anyway - on a physical level that's a completely different matter. Bodies are easy compared to minds." Or at least they are for her. Comes from being a specialist at what she does.
As he says more of their own knowledge and suspicions about the substance they're testing, she nods thoughtfully. Though she suddenly frowns as she realizes that she was unclear before, "Oh, when I said 'close to nature', I wasn't necessarily talking about things that are 'natural' in the sense of 'not man-made', but 'natural' in the sense of 'used by other living organisms'. If any living thing is actually adapted to use a substance like that, I don't know of it - if there is, I suspect it would be bacterial. That's not as promising of an avenue, at least to my eyes, as something 'closer to home' as it were." Bacteria are, after all, often rather unusual organisms - many of them can do things that mulit-cellular eukaryotes like people could only dream of.
"And a portion of my own research has been an investigation of those species that are supposedly immune to cancer. Unfortunately, most of those claims are entirely false, but not all. The hyaluronan found in the naked mole rat, for instance, is very interesting - discovering a way to actually apply that particular method to a human is problematic, however, shy of full-scale genetically engineering the gene into people," she says, pursing her lips a little before she notes, "I run into that problem frequently." Beyond the simple fact that all things dealing with DNA are actually pretty difficult for her, there's all the ethical and moral issues that go along with the idea of trying to improve the human genome.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2014 6:35:54 GMT -5
He smiles at the thought of it. "We're all employed in one way or another, Dr. Stenet, unless one achieves a certain level of resource allocation. Even I myself am employed by my customers, my contracts. . . you well know that self employment simply serves to exchange one employer for multiple, again, a burden I take on myself out of necessity." He takes a drink again, then leaning back to listen to her.
"Would you believe, that I agree entirely. Those working for the advancement of humankind should be respected as the great heroes of our age. Far too often we see brilliance relegated to the background, seen as support or threats even. I've read far too many narratives of Gotham City of brilliant minds turned to villainy by circumstance or madness. Even in Metropolis, one of the most friendly cities to scientific discovery on the planet. I've worked hard in Metropolis to make it a city where scientists and research can flourish, and indeed, we have a significant brain drain from all over the world into Metropolis, either working for LexCorp directly, or with our partners at S.T.A.R. labs or the University. Still, even in that, the most scientifically friendly and advanced city on the planet, without question, the great hero is not the scientist or the human who strives daily to cure diseases, or to educate the masses, or to push back at the bounds of ignorance. . . but indeed, a flashy marvel, a strong man who comes from on high to save the masses so that they don't need to save themselves."
He shrugs as he says "The flash over the substance. Even in Gotham, I'm led to understand that the great hero is an urban vigilante who haunts the night. . . not the people who work on a daily basis to improve the city. To help it dream of a brighter tomorrow. . . no, there are certain priorities I feel are skewed among most people. Flash over substance. It's one of the reason I've had to move towards more theatrical methods in my recent days. Hence the holographic technology, LexPo Developer Conferences, , the presentations, the glitter, the glamour. It's a little excessive, sometimes, but effective. Still, I wouldn't say what you do is easy. Frankly the work you do with biosciences is transcendent, and I know personally I would question my ability to do what you do."
He shrugs as he says "It's an odd substance, I admit. I doubt that anything could evolve to utilize such a thing, although it seems to replace every cell of the body, destroying the old ones, creating renewed ones from . . . well, something in the substance. It's odd, and not something we entirely understand, although if you were to create something else, I'd much prefer it. This substance is particularly rare, unusual, unpredictable, expensive and frankly untested, and there's too many potential risks for general dissemination, as it is now, and unfortunately as it seems to be in the forseeable future, still our largest client is interested in the preliminary discoveries, and doesn't enjoy any information about the sample to enter general dissemination, except on a need-to-know basis. Assume for purposes of employment, even if you don't proceed along these research lines, that you needed to know about this sample. . . in case there's an audit. " He smiles, speaking rather casually about the situation.
"I'd imagine the implication and application of the DNA would be problematic, however application of genetic material is something that's not too difficult, if necessary. We've been able to utilize modified retroviruses to release a genetic payload to apply general genetic changes, thanks to new acquisitions over the past few years. Modifying the viruses are still somewhat difficult, as are self limiting their release, but we believe that's a problem that we might fix with your assistance as well." He smiles as he says "I feel a certain level of trepidation with the idea of full modification of the human genome. If there's one thing I feel that we should treasure, especially in the face of our changing place in the universe. . it's some of the elements that make humans special. It's easy to forget, sometimes, that humanity is a powerful and strong force, with advantages that should be treasured, especially when faced with multiple alien species with nigh divine abilities. Then again, humanity hasn't survived by shying away from adaptation when necessary."
He shrugs as he says "It's difficult to answer these moral questions in the face of such external pressures. I wonder sometimes if the coming of Superman, or the Martian, or the Tamaranian or the Hawk Girl. . . all of the other aliens come to Earth. . . hasn't forced us to face an existential quandry. When beings of such power can just arrive from nowhere, restrained and guided only by their own . . . inexorable and internal moral code. I'm not one to question that drive, but then again I know many men who have had their moral codes compromised, and I've known many who have taken short cuts, justifications. . . and sometimes the scariest individuals of all are those with strong, unshakable, but alien moral codes."
He shakes his head and drinks his drink. "I'd like to trust our new benefactors, these great powers that hover in the sky above us, looking down on our petty problems and come to try to solve them for us, but I've seen many theocracies come to look down on petty people and try to solve their problems with mutilations and oppression. Not to mention, we've been lucky so far. If just one representative of these alien species can come down with Godlike powers. . . what happens when we encounter . . . a whole race of them? And what if their moral codes are not as developed or as benign as the visitors we have so far?"
He sighs and shakes his head as he says "Perhaps I'm becoming inebriated, perhaps I'm maudlin, but then again . . . with these questions I wonder what place humankind has in this larger and increasingly populated universe. Some might say I"m jealous, in fact I've heard that quite a bit. Some might call me wicked for my ambition to see humankind take an equal place in this universe. One where we don't need to rely on the kindness of visitors to preserve us from cataclysm. But I admit, Dr. Stenet, I consider strongly the terrifying potential of a full scale Dominus Scenario, and it . . . at times makes me consider my prior hesitations to development of the potential of humankind. I see a potential for humans to live longer and healthier, and while you might see that as a . . . toy, that humankind isn't ready for. I ask, what happens when the next man who can shift tectonic plates with sheer willpower isn't as good a Samaritan as Metropolis's golden boy. Or what if, God forbid, one of these individuals with mind controlling power does something like surgically remove the moral code of an alien death machine. What are your thoughts on the matter, Dr. Stenet? Do you feel that the rise of the Super Powers has inexorably changed humanity's place in the universe?"
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Post by Nina Stenet on May 19, 2014 5:12:23 GMT -5
When Lex shifts the conversation over to Superman, Nina listens but finds that she doesn't really have anything to say. Yes, she'd gone on her own rant about the entertainment industry, but at least to her that's a bit different. The superhero isn't someone whose main contribution to the world was that he'd been in front of the camera during the filming of some movie - he's actually done things for the planet so there's some actual substance there.
But she's sensing that Lex may not appreciate her trying to make a case that there's a difference, and anyway she does agree that there's still probably too much flash there. The superhero seems to be far more concerned with keeping humanity from sliding back only, when it's her personal opinion that he could probably be doing more to actually advance the world with his abilities like she does, and she could see someone make the case that he doesn't really encourage people without such abilities to believe that they're capable of remarkable things themselves if they try. Batman doesn't perhaps have that same problem, as she's never seen any signs that he's anything but a remarkably strong and intelligent human, but the dark knight has his own issues.
It does catch her own attention as Lex explains his own use of 'flash', as that is something she doesn't really value herself, and she's been unconsciously assuming that he did it because it was 'cool'. But yes, she can see how it would help him get more of the public's attention, and that would actually be good if you're doing it to try to get more focus on something more important. She blinks in surprise and smiles a little as he compliments her own work. "Thank you," she says simply. She's not so humble that she won't accept a compliment on her work, but then again any ego she has about it is something she attributes to her gift - it's not really her so much as her power that makes her work good. She'd be blind without that extra help.
She simply nods her agreement and smiles slightly as he explains that she officially 'needs to know' about the substance - if you ask her, while there are many useful rules and procedures that shouldn't be treated lightly, there are just as many if not more that just clutter the process and get in the way.
Now, when he starts talking about genetic modification through retrovirus, he is officially speaking her language. "I've done several experiments with retroviruses myself. My biggest problem has been that my attempts to improve current on methods that actually work also cross the Weismann barrier - all or nothing..." she shakes her head and goes quiet as she continues to listen, nodding easily as he expresses his own concern with the idea of changing people. Perhaps someday humanity will be ready to dive into that, but she's of the opinion that anyone who says that today is that day is crazy.
At first there's a hint of disinterest around her expression as he starts speaking of the superheroes again - she really doesn't see herself as needing to get involved either literally or simply in needing her own opinion on the subject - that's for other people to worry about. But then he unexpectedly goes a different direction with his comments, and her attention returns. She's certainly not as troubled by the current situation with the aliens in their midst as he seems to be, though his words do make her rather thoughtful - he makes a lot of good points, after all.
There's a pause when he turns the question over to her and asks for her own opinion, though she says, "Well, first of all, though I agree that it's rather troubling to discover that there are apparently whole races of aliens out there in the universe so much more powerful than ourselves, I must say that those who have found their way here thus far are remarkable to me in one respect - as alien as their moral codes might be, I find myself doubtful that a human picked at random would acquit themselves so admirably if they were placed on a planet where they were the ones that had a similar advantage over the natives. I know they've made mistakes, but to have such power and yet not abuse it entirely..." She shakes her head, leaving it at that.
"Still, I agree that it's probably unwise for us to rest on our laurels and assume that just because everything has turned out fine so far - it's a threat, and we can't ignore it. We must grow and adapt to this new awareness of the universe - and more importantly to the universe's apparently increased awareness of us. But I also think that it's unwise to attempt too much growth too quickly. We have or will soon have the ability to strengthen ourselves as a species in a variety of ways through technological advances, on top of an apparent increase in the metahuman population. But too much change too quickly could be just as disastrous as anything aliens may do to us. Especially since, as these innovations develop, there will almost inevitably be a phase when they're available to some people and not others. How will we decide who gets the benefit and who doesn't?" she asks, now practically thinking out loud as she explains the thoughts that come as she mulls the issues over, "Especially since there are, quite frankly, probably plenty of humans who would use whatever power they're given to just as bad of an effect as any aliens who may show up at our door. We could just as easily find our downfall from within as without. I think that the safest course is slow but steady growth - change, but gradual enough for us to decide if we like course that we're taking. It's not something for one or a few brilliant people who can leapfrog us into the future to decide, but mankind as a whole."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 2:42:15 GMT -5
Lex Luthor is of the firm opinion that despite the flash and ability of the metapower community and their unquestionable ability to address instant and overwhelming emergencies, and indeed to potentially transform Ragnarok into a Helvetica Scenario or better, there is significant inconsistency of power distribution and application. Indeed, metapowers are often closely connected to intense personalities with operatic tendencies, engaged in personal struggles of an epic and melodramatic nature that would make for great entertainment, provided that these struggles didn't have the potential to become quickly apocalyptic in nature.
True, the alien had not gone mad and destroyed a continent, but the alien was not alone. How much collateral damage occurred in the wake of one of these great struggles? Metapowers were just as often granted randomly as earned through difficult work, and indeed, many of the higher potential metapowers appeared to be granted through happenstance, accident of birth or exposure, as it did through concerted effort.
A man could fall into a chemical factory and develop godlike powers, yet the concerted effort just to grant slightly extra resilience, increased focus or healing ability was met with the concerned glances of the randomly gifted that "mankind is not ready for such gifts." As if those given these powers were ready for them. What moral superiority does accident give over effort? If Mankind can master the mechanism behind metapower, then that would suggest they deserve them more than those granted by chance. Unless one assumed that metapowers were granted by some omnipotent and omniscient figure who gave powers to those that deserved them most. And if that were the case, why supervillains? That alone would suggest question in such an omnipotent power granter. Who selected such a figure? Nonsense, of course, but these were the debates that Lex Luthor felt should occur. To associate an inconsistent moral code to the progress of science is to put into jeopardy the nature of science itself. No one knew what science might discover, and to limit oneself because of potential horrors is to embrace ignorance as strength. Far too often petty minds of politics and business sought concrete results, business plans and action committees, ignoring the very strengths and powers of human curiosity. To cast a far reaching net, to fail one thousand times only to have a single success that not only leads to victory, but redefines the very rules of the game. Some people would call Luthor a chess-master, but Lex Luthor understood that the world was more complicated than a game of chess, and victory came to those who understood the rules more fully, or changed them to their benefit. Science and Industry led to success and victory, this was an incontrovertable truth, power came to those who changed the paradigm, transformed the world through the inherent ability of their own understanding.
"There are interesting lines of research in horizontal gene transfer that might interest you, frankly. Again, we lack some of the inherent mastery of your craft, but one of our newer contractees appear to show some interesting progress. One of the advantage, of course, of signing into the LexCorp network of contractors is that there is increased access to the discoveries and resources of these other facilities as they work on LexCorp research. Not necessarily full access, but communication is the key to science, and we like to promote collegiality among researchers, although of course we don't enforce such a thing."
He nods to himself as he lets the drink settle in his hand. The music in the background swelled slightly then faded into obscurity again. "One cannot base one's future policy on the quirks of good fortune. To assume that just because we've been fortunate thus far doesn't mean that we can hope to continue through good fortune. You're correct that we've been blessed in merciful and even benevolent overseers and shepherds. . . but we're hardly sheep, and while we now have champions come to save what some naysayers might see as a childlike humankind from itself, it's inevitable that there will be a range in those we encounter. If we encounter some aliens with a superhuman sense of morality, I'd argue statistically it is inevitable we encounter an intellect of great malevolence, or of such alien power that it is beyond comprehension. . . and perhaps destructive. The timeline for this is unknown, such an encounter may occur in a century, it may occur as we speak. The time for slow growth is a luxury I personally do not know if we can depend on. Slow and steady growth is statistically just as likely to be a path to stagnation and destruction. There are many humans who would misuse the power, and many who would use it benevolently. These humans are being granted power, but through random chance. . . and not through any deliberative process or understanding, and the mass of humanity must survive the whims of capricious fate." He smiles as he says "It's not as if what we're doing is rewriting the basic and fundamental rules of creation, after all. We're merely developing understanding of a universe that exists as we have it. It's not a question of uncontrolled power or blissful safety. . . instead, the question of science is that of ignorance versus knowledge. Is it ever better to walk forward in willful ignorance, knowing that the hidden truth remains for others to grasp? Should there be humans that misuse the knowledge we uncover, then there is the advantage of other humans with the same knowledge to right said wrong. If a truly outside context figure comes with power we as a species we cannot understand, then what is there to face it but capricious and fickle luck? This is the question of science. It is very easy to fear the what ifs of science, but honestly, we don't know what we'll discover. It might be mankind's salvation or destruction, but does that mean we shouldn't look because we are ignorant of what we'd find?"
"The truth is there, just out of reach, a dangerous landmine that can be walked onto blindly, or sought, understood and utilized. and humanity has always been forwarded through the efforts and wills of those with the ability doing all they could to be of service. . . you have a unique ability, Dr. Stenet. The question that I feel that those of exceptional ability and talent must ask themselves is this: How do I use my gifts? Do I use it for the benefit of the future? For the benefit of my species? For the benefit of the world? Or do I use it selfishly from fear. The world is full of self styled Gods, Dr. Stenet. I seek the modern prometheus, to bring fire from the gods to warm mankind. Fire can be destructive, and there are humans that would misuse it. . . but is that any reason to deny it to a humankind desperately in need of warmth, protection and food?"
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Post by Nina Stenet on Jul 3, 2014 19:09:23 GMT -5
As Lex speaks of the increased access to the research of others through her connection to LexCorp, she simply nods. Until it happens she can't really say just how valuable or not that would be to her - other people have different insights and ideas than she does, but on the other hand their goals and methods wouldn't necessarily be compatible with her own so it's hard to say just how much of it would be useful to her.
Listening carefully as Lex goes on to speak further on the alien presence and the proper response to that, she appears to be simply thoughtful as he makes his points. Unlike him, she doesn't necessarily see it as her responsibility to put her thoughts on the subject into action. Therefore her opinions are purely on the philosophical level, though that doesn't mean that they aren't extremely solid. "I'd argue that a majority of people are sheep. Not all of them, no, but though each is capable of independent thought and action, how many of them really use either ability? Instead they choose a shepherd and believe and do what they're told - how else can one explain the election results? Oh, there are times when they wake up and actually pay attention, but they're exceedingly slow to do so and it takes even longer for their choices to actually change anything. A benevolent shepherd, whether human or alien, is therefore extremely valuable to mankind - most people are going to follow someone, and if it isn't someone attempting to see to their benefit it will be someone who is selfish and greedy.
"And of course we don't know how much time we have, but it doesn't matter how much time the aliens give us if we destroy ourselves by rushing ahead into things we don't yet understand. It's not that exploring new things is bad, it's that it's a process that must be done with care. I don't object to giving the people fire - I object to giving it to them before we know how to keep it safely contained so that it's useful instead of spreading wildly out of hand, and what to do if it does in spite of our best efforts," she says, explaining her thoughts further.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2014 20:05:44 GMT -5
Lex preferred to work through contracts with smaller private firms. It was how he worked with Selina Kyle and numerous other corporations. It inspired innovation, entrepreneurial spirit, independence, things that Lex Luthor liked to see in others, the spark of the open marketplace of ideas. Science was about that sort of open exchange of peer reviewed ideas, even different ideas and views were important to science. Even an individual genius was limited by pure isolation. It was in the interaction and conflict with others that they thrived.
"I'd argue that the ability to face and overcome impossible challenges through cunning is one of the defining virtues of humankind, and what more impossible challenge is there than to face down the complacency and fear at the heart of the human soul, inspire it to thrive and grow beyond the need for benevolent shepherd. Humankind may see themselves the sheep, but we are still the apex predator, the crafter, the social pack animal, indeed we transcend our animal nature, and strive towards a higher state of being. We are not defined by our caution, and while naysayers and doomsayers may point to our inevitable destruction, I'd like it noted we haven't died yet, and indeed, the risks we've taken as a species have, in many ways, ensured our survival thus far."
"If we do not dare, then we cannot achieve, and the future will never be known unless we stide into it. To withdraw in the face of possible horrors is to give victory to a spectre before it takes form. Yes, we must be aware of risks. Yes, we must take precautions, but we must do so with moderation, and a willingness to stare into the infinite abyss and shout back 'We are mankind and we will not be passive or quiet in this universe.' If I have a say in the destiny of humankind, I'd have our species defined by what makes us great . . . our capacity to overcome impossibilities on a regular basis. I want your help in this regard, and I think we can do a lot to really help humanity"
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Post by Nina Stenet on Jul 24, 2014 19:47:56 GMT -5
"I don't think that people see themselves as sheep, but they seem to assume that they aren't even though they make absolutely no effort to be anything else. Though it's partly because they can't imagine themselves as being able to do better. They are, after all, ordinary people - ordinary people don't change the world," she comments, "No, the people who actually do anything have intelligence, talents, opportunities, and/or the right personality for that sort of thing. They hear the stories about children in poverty growing up to become whatever they want, but are they inspired by that? Not usually. That sort of thing is for the rare, lucky individual born with the right personal traits even if their circumstances weren't ideal. The idea that a world-changer could be anyone is a completely foreign idea to most - they may have heard it, but they don't believe it."
Including, perhaps, Nina herself. Oh, she certainly believes that she can change the world, but then again she knows that she's not average. Not for any great merit of hers other than being lucky enough to be one of those rare people with a metahuman ability, and not only that but an especially powerful one, so she's not any great exception.
"But I do have to point out that, just as we can't become complacent because the aliens haven't destroyed us yet, we can't become complacent about the fact that we haven't destroyed ourselves yet either. Especially when the number of examples of when we almost did has been increasing exponentially in a matter of decades," she continues with a frown, pausing for a moment to take a sip of her wine before she adds, "I won't help you bring fire from the gods, but I will help you figure out how to control it. Because I know you're going to be messing with it either way and perhaps I can save a lot of people from getting burned in the process."
For similar reason, she's certainly never going to sign anything that grants Lex access to a lot of her past, unpublished research - she's discovered a number of different types of 'fire', and she shutters to think what would happen with if it got into the wrong hands. 'Wrong' in this case doesn't even have to be malicious, it could simply be careless. But that means that she's far more accustomed to dealing with these tricky, bleeding edge biochemical problems than even her published research could possibly indicate.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2014 12:20:22 GMT -5
Lex Luthor smiled as he said "That. . . is all I'm asking for, Dr. Stenet. Control of the fire is in many ways much more important than the having of the fire. After all, there is a dual lesson in the story of Icarus. . . dare to fly, but be cautious not to fly too close to the sun. Prudence is a worthwhile guide mark for this sort of work. One merely should be careful to not allow prudence to become fear. To a better world, Dr. Stenet, and to overcoming impossible odds." He lifts a glass to her, in a toast.
The snow continued to fall outside, a slurry of winter cold. "I do hope you allow me to give you a tour of some of our LexCorp facilities. Including a chance to see some of the equipment that we have to offer. While our work in nanofactories and 3d printing construction might seem somewhat primitive based on what we will eventually be able to do, what we can do with what we have might actually be adequate for your needs. Although there'll be additional NDAs if you want access to LexPods. . . as opposed to our standard equipment lease deals. . . but again, I only ask for the opportunity to tempt you. . . with opportunities" He smiles at that, staring into her eyes, green eyes sparkling behind the wine.
"What you do with that temptation I leave to your own free will." He cocked his head slightly and nodded at her.
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Post by Nina Stenet on Aug 14, 2014 20:18:52 GMT -5
At his words, Nina simply nods and lifts her glass - she'll agree with him on that much. She personally doesn't feel like she goes so far as to actually be afraid of progress, but it's abundantly clear that she's much more cautious about it than he is. Already she's seen hints that he's doing full scale research into things that she hesitates to touch, and as alarming as that is it would be less alarming if she was helping. One of the greatest strengths of her gift, after all, is that it can so often help her detect flaws in her research before she gets too far into a particular vein of it - the list of experiments she hasn't performed because she already knew they would fail goes on forever.
As he reiterates the offer of a tour, her expression becomes a little puzzled as he mentions LexPods... what's that? But she figures that it's some sort of unnecessarily fancy piece of equipment. If it was necessary, then she'd have heard of it before - not that all technology she's not heard of before is useless, but if it's something she doesn't have then it's clearly something that she doesn't need and therefore a luxury item at best.
"Well, you can try..." she agrees quite easily, taking a sip from her glass before her eyes lift to meet his. They're brown, fairly unremarkable eyes aside from the fact that they're possessed by this particular woman, with a personality that can cause them to spark and burn. "But I'm not known to give in too easily to temptation," she adds as she lowers her glass again.
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