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Posted by: dibbs089
Posted by: ROBERTO jh
Its not that simple. The Precursors and the universe were literally one in the same, they believed the universe itself lived on a higher plane of reality. They tapped into that and essentially ascended to a kind of godhood. Neural Physics operates on that concept of universal thought and life being linked. Where are you getting that information from?
Halo's not a simple mind-melter, its a soul killer, it destroys consciousness, the fabric of the living universe itself. Its probably why the Forerunners--or Didact--found it so repulsive.I'm fairly certain the Encyclopedia says the Halo effect targets neural synapses. While this would fit your definition of a "soul killer" in the sense that your consciousness, thoughts, memories (essentially you); is erased, that is achieved through a physical process. Taking a bullet to your temple would achieve the same end result though not on a galactic scale.
I get that info from Cryptum. Didact himself states that the Precursors felt the Mantle extended to the entire universe as well. "The universe lives, but not as we do."
And by soul killer, I mean it erases your being completely. Philosophically, a bullet wouldn't do that. The Gravemind himself speaks of "garunteed perpetual existence" after death in Human Weakness, indicating the afterlife does indeed exist in Halo.
Taking what Neural Physics means, and the effect of total destruction the Halo Effect has on both creatures and Precursor structures, I simply connected the dots.
The Forerunners themselves believed in some form of the afterlife, some form of higher being after death, though they never explicitly called it that (think: durances). They'd naturally be apalled at a weapon that denied even "life after death," or whatever they may have called it.
Think: the Forerunner's Great Journey, the Precursors' unity with life and the universe, their immortality, the Gravemind's belief in the afterlife (the evident fact he WAS a Precursor), the Assembly (angels on Humanity's shoulders?), Forerunner Durances and the Didact's exile, all of them indicate something is going on in the background of the Halo universe that is more then the mere physical squabbles of humans and aliens and AIs.