Gut Reaction

Say hi to the shy guy.  At least it is a good earner.

There is a funnel web spider that has taken residence on the window responsible for the most recent fatal bird strikes.  Spiders can be opportunistic hunters, and their ability to select locations that result in a generous supply of food delivering itself. This particular spider, as I understand is typical of funnel web spiders, is shy.  It camps out on its web until I walk by it at which point it scurries into its hiding place.  I am quite amused watching it move from perceived danger so quickly.  The spider has no idea that I can reach it within its hiding place without any trouble.  I choose to let it earn on my window because it amuses me and nothing more.

Staring at this spider every day inspired me.  I wondered how the spider knew how to act in the manner it did.  I wondered if that could be taught or transferred into people, and if spider sense was a real thing.  I think in the case of this particular spider, it is simply reacting to vibrations transmitted through the floor and into the glass from my thundering footsteps and not some super cool special danger detection ability.  Or maybe it senses a disturbance in the force that is too large to be anything edible.  I would ask but my only response to being close enough to a spider to speak to it is to kill it with extreme prejudice and fire.  Both a conversation and closer scientific examination are out of the question.  However, even just the idea of learning from the spider has given me an objective.

Instinct can be a wonderful guide.  It can also steer one straight into a wall.  This is why we've been working so hard to identify intuitive gut bacteria from dumb gut bacteria. I touched on this in the past, but it has become more of an important issue over the last few weeks. The plan was and still is to locate and then transfer intuitive gut bacteria into my system.  Provided it doesn't kill me, I think it will transform my instincts.  I am hoping this will be a competitive advantage that is insurmountable.

This isn't as crazy as it sounds.  We have been performing regular blood transfusions here to keep everyone operating at optimum efficiency.  There are no regulations against blood doping in corporate warfare, so the IOC can't touch me.  I see the gut bacteria exchange as a logical progression in our quest to be the best.  The medical team has already reviewed the risks and signed off on the procedure. We are waiting for the procurement department to find the right gut bacteria for harvesting. This is proving to be quite a challenge.

I may have to consider changing the focus of the plan toward education. Perhaps I can teach my gut how to respond and it will transform it from a dumb organ full of bacteria into a tuned and effective assistive tool. I don't have much patience for teaching though. The transfusion is most likely my best option. 

These are not small probelms we are trying to solve. We are hoping to leverage our lack of medical expertise into one of the greatest breakthroughs in the history of medical science. 

AcMo has trained, certified, and certifiable robotic surgeons on staff to perform the procedure if we get to that point. In fact, I can handle the robot well enough to operate on myself. I'm not sure that's allowed though.  This is beyond experimental.  We are driven to exceed conventional boundaries, so this is natural for us.  We are heading into an area of great potential, but also one that carries great risk.  

My gut is telling me this is the wrong move, but I already know I can't trust it.  The problem is that I also don't know if I should always do the opposite of what my gut says, or if there is another option.