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{{Quote|Precursors felt the Mantle extended to the entire universe, energy and matter as well as living creatures ... some say. The universe lives, but not as we do.|[[IsoDidact|Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]] explaining the premise of neural physics.<ref name="c103">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 103''</ref>}} | {{Quote|Precursors felt the Mantle extended to the entire universe, energy and matter as well as living creatures ... some say. The universe lives, but not as we do.|[[IsoDidact|Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]] explaining the premise of neural physics.<ref name="c103">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 103''</ref>}} | ||
'''Neural physics''' was a [[Precursor]] concept which posited that the [[Mantle]] encompassed the entire universe, including living beings, energy and matter. The principles of neural physics also postulated that the entire universe was living, but in a way that was beyond the comprehension of biological organisms.<ref name="c103"/> Blurring the line between philosophy and science, neural physics was not a mere belief | '''Neural physics''' was a [[Precursor]] concept which posited that the [[Mantle]] encompassed the entire universe, including living beings, energy and matter. The principles of neural physics also postulated that the entire universe was living, but in a way that was beyond the comprehension of biological organisms.<ref name="c103"/> Blurring the line between philosophy and science, neural physics was not a mere belief to the Precursors: as [[Technological Achievement Tiers#Tier 0: Transsentient|transsentient]] entities, they were able to harness its principles as a transcendent form of technology, used to create solid structures or travel the stars. The workings of neural physics were completely beyond the conventional technologies of younger races, even the [[Forerunner]]s, the most technologically adept civilization since the [[Forerunner-Precursor war|downfall]] of the Precursors themselves.<ref name="s40"/> | ||
Drawing from an exotic neurophysical energy permeating the cosmos,<ref name="s40">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 40''</ref> the Precursors made their artifacts effectively indestructible, allowing them to exist for millions or potentially billions of years without decay. As such, evidence of the Precursors' mastery of neural physics remained in the galaxy after their disappearance, in the form of [[star road]]s and many other vast, effectively eternal structures. In a concept later echoed by the Forerunners in their philosophy of [[Living Time]], the Precursors cherished the interaction of living beings with the universe, all individual experience adding to the totality of a transcendent universal wisdom.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 267''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 365, 367''</ref> To record and retain these life-patterns for all of time, the Precursors created the [[Domain]], a metaphysical, ever-changing library of the collective experiences of living things, stored in neural physics architecture within the [[Milky Way]] galaxy.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 322-323''</ref> | Drawing from an exotic neurophysical energy permeating the cosmos,<ref name="s40">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 40''</ref> the Precursors made their artifacts effectively indestructible, allowing them to exist for millions or potentially billions of years without decay. As such, evidence of the Precursors' mastery of neural physics remained in the galaxy after their disappearance, in the form of [[star road]]s and many other vast, effectively eternal structures. In a concept later echoed by the Forerunners in their philosophy of [[Living Time]], the Precursors cherished the interaction of living beings with the universe, all individual experience adding to the totality of a transcendent universal wisdom.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 267''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 365, 367''</ref> To record and retain these life-patterns for all of time, the Precursors created the [[Domain]], a metaphysical, ever-changing library of the collective experiences of living things, stored in neural physics architecture within the [[Milky Way]] galaxy.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 322-323''</ref> | ||