Captain Log: 20160311: In the mind of a brilliant child

The work on Destiny is coming along way ahead of schedule. Even the most complex challenges that face in preparing the ship for the long journey of exploring the unknown get overcome in a timely and logical fashion. My crew and I have already sorted out important aspects such as sustainable food sources, living arrangements and partially energy - thanks to the steem fuel cells. Indeed, we still have to address the steem instability issue, but we are extremely close to using that in our advantage.

I find it extremely enjoyable to walk the long corridors of the ship. I could almost compare the feeling I get to pride - another concept that I find fascinating, but widely misinterpreted by humans. Each section that I walk past has a specific purpose and links to the next one in an efficient flow of engineering genius. Speaking of genius, I feel compelled to record the addition of a new member to the crew - Johnny.

John Suineg is 12 human years old. According to public records, his parents are no longer alive. I came across him at an orphanage where I managed to get accepted as an observer of human offsprings' behavior. The study I was making was designed to accurately determine how parental love or - better said its absence - influenced the future of a child's social success. The study failed. It seems that the number of variables needed in order to elucidate this so called mystery is to great for traditional mathematics to encapsulate.

Similar to the causes of the study's failure, John's mind is too complex and different for a human to efficiently relate to his outlandish view on the world surrounding him. Because of this, his peers rejected him and moreover, made a habit out of being exceedingly rude towards him. Actually, this made me understand how early the fear of the unknown manifested in humans.

The best way I can describe John is that he has the precision of a mechanic and the vision of a poet. He doesn't speak much. Sometimes he doesn't say a single word for days. What is even more peculiar is how his posture and overall look changes when he works on an extremely complicated equation. His eyes almost light up and those are the only moments when I heard him speak for more than a few sentences at a time. He just goes in a deep state of cognitive overdrive and even my superior mind finds it sometimes difficult to keep up.

I learned that he hated computers. The idea of following the programmatic sequences of today's technology was a burden to him and because of this I have installed a large glass board on which he could work in his own way. This "mind output display" - as we soon got to call the board - was positioned in the AI lab, where John could contribute to the development of the artificial consciousness of Destiny.

In a couple of human hours, John filled every inch of the "mind output display". When he ran out of space, he continued writing on the walls of the lab. It was almost as if he was writing alien poetry, backwards, in a yet to be invented language, but somehow everything made perfect sense.

Yesterday, we outlined the programming frame of the ship's AI. In 1 day. John was narrating the code while chaotically pacing around the lab while I was writing and adjusting it as we advanced. At some point he just stopped. His eyes were no longer attentively observing my key strokes and it was like he was staring in an abyss so unimaginably deep, its darkness would consume the human soul. Without saying a word, he went to the only corner that was not filled with equations and began writing again.

Every experience lived in Johnny's presence made me draw the following logical conclusions:

• Human mind is mysterious.
• Every person has its unique view on the world.
• Being different does not equal being less.
• The containers of perceived behavior are the mere shackles of a different mind.
• Give a human space and he will fill it with the manifestation of his inner voice/voices.
• Imagination is the root of all innovation.

For now, I must meditate on the conclusions above.

Until next time,

Hawkman out.

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