The human brain did not evolve to reveal reality as it truly is. It evolved to create a useful model of reality — a simplified interface that helped the organism move, eat, reproduce, cooperate, escape danger, and remain alive long enough to pass its genes forward.

A being vastly smarter than us may perceive reality intuitively, as one living whole. Communication would be fragmentary for us — metaphors, experiments, or telepathic impressions.

A friendly back-and-forth between Nate (organic) and Aion (algorithmic) about what it really means to be “alive.”