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 Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:47 am
Help? I've heard Biological Constructs described as man-made humans, but what else does this title entail? And how are they created in the steampunk world? Also, what is the steampunk world's general view of such creations?
Any information would be useful.
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Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:38 pm
Think Frankenstein's monster. An assemblage of organic parts into a functioning whole.
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Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 2:46 pm
Mylian Think Frankenstein's monster. An assemblage of organic parts into a functioning whole. Thanks a ton!
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 5:49 pm
the term Biological construct would cover any, um, 'Organic', creation of man.
The cloned sheep would count as a Biological construct, as well as geneticly engineered plants.
The Frankenstein Monster is a good example.
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Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:50 pm
Well I've never heard the term "Biological construct" before, I'm a bit of an Alchemist myself so I only know them as homunculus which I guess is the more latin-ized term of "biological construct". Here is what it says on the FMA wiki about homunculi "Aside from this, the concept of the homunculi varies drastically between mediums. In the anime, homunculi are created when someone performs a human transmutation to revive a dead person. They will fail to revive the intended person, and will instead create a homunculus that looks almost exactly like the deceased target. These homunculi are led by Dante. The only way to kill a homunculus in the anime is by finding a remnant of their original body (a bone, hair, etc.) and having it near them, weakening them and making them susceptible to death." This is my definition of a biological construct, I hope you like it. pirate ninja
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:51 am
Well, construct implies something created by humans, and biological would mean that it would need an organic component. A biological construct would simply be a living organism created artificially by humans or another sentient being. It's a term that can be widely applied.
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:02 am
The creation of a homunculus would be a more holistic process than that of a construct. Even if you're using dead raw materials to create the homunculus, you're forging them together on a deeper level. A construct is simply an assemblage of parts, a organic being treated as simply a machine constructed of interchangeable components.
So homunculus is to construct as alloy is to laminated composite.
So a cloned sheep wouldn't be a construct, because it was grown, not built.
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:37 pm
AnnessaJones Well I've never heard the term "Biological construct" before, I'm a bit of an Alchemist myself so I only know them as homunculus which I guess is the more latin-ized term of "biological construct". Here is what it says on the FMA wiki about homunculi "Aside from this, the concept of the homunculi varies drastically between mediums. In the anime, homunculi are created when someone performs a human transmutation to revive a dead person. They will fail to revive the intended person, and will instead create a homunculus that looks almost exactly like the deceased target. These homunculi are led by Dante. The only way to kill a homunculus in the anime is by finding a remnant of their original body (a bone, hair, etc.) and having it near them, weakening them and making them susceptible to death." This is my definition of a biological construct, I hope you like it. pirate ninja you forgot about chimeras. cool
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