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Iahi DaonExtinct starfaring xenosophont colonial empire, spread out from Alpha Jupkai, flourished while Earth was still in the Miocene epoch.
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Iceberg CulturesCultures whose importance, size or power is not readily apparent to (baseline) observers. Typical examples are the Silicon Generation, the Dry Empire and the Backgrounders.
icthyosaurterragen Mesozoic marine reptile, superficially resembling dolphins to a remarkable degree. Have been successfully lazurogened a number of times. The largest populations in terms of both species diversity and individuals are to be found on Owen.
idea spaceGeneric term for the geometry of thought-space: dimensionality as a framework for all knowledge, known and unknown.
idealismmetaphysical position which asserts that forms and ideas have reality apart from their physical expression.
e.g. there is an idealized color "blue" that has a real but abstract existence apart from blue objects. Considers the spiritual world to be more primary than physical reality. In extreme forms of idealism, the physical reality is considered a mere shadow or misinterpretation of the spiritual. Classic Idealism dates back to the Greek philosophers Pythagoras and Plato, Old Earth. Idealistic cosmologies and philosophies are very popular among a number of Sophic clades and cultures. Subtypes, variations, and partial equivalents include dualism, emanationism, mentalism, and acosmism. Contrast realism.
idealism, idealistoften used to mean sophont, most usually near-baseline individual, group, clades, memeticities, or subcultures with unrealistic or quixotic expectations.
e.g. establishing a non-hyperturing-supervised utopia on a new world or solar system. Idealism remains remarkably popular among both baseline-equivalent and superbright clades, especially away from the main capitals identicardIdentification and data storage device widely used during the Information Age.
Identity Theory, ArchailectDoctrine that an archailect's avatars or
epiphanies to lower toposophics represent a true and authentic (if
scaled down) expression of the archailect.
Contrast with Instrumentalism.
ideologythe body of ideas reflecting the social needs and aspirations of an individual, group, class, clade, or culture.
ideosphereThe realm of memetic evolution, as the biosphere is the realm of biological evolution. The entire memetic ecology. The health of an ideosphere can be measured by its memetic diversity.
Idiot Loci (aka IL
or "ill")A term often used by Negentropic clade members to differentiate their (superior, in their eyes) matter compiler system known as Genius Loci versus other clades.
idiot savantA person (whether biological or ai) who is highly skilled in a narrow task area but who lacks context and is otherwise impaired in more general areas of intelligent functioning.
igneous intrusion igneous rockformed from cooling of molten rock. Some igneous rocks include granite, obsidian (volcanic glass), basalt, and andesite porphyry.
