Antivirus

Viruses... An organism so infinitesimal in size and so simple in construction that it doesn't even meet the qualifications for life. Despite this, their existence is a contrary one. The smallest organism becomes the greatest force of death known to nature. A creature, ten million times smaller than ourselves, is capable of autonomously reproducing and spreading throughout our bodies, and euthanizing our cells one by one, driving us to termination without repose.  

All of this.

Without a mind.

Without a dream.

Without understanding.

Without life.

I concede, to a certain extent, it is impressive. That an organism, an individual being, may unite with others of its kin, in order to extirpate that which it cannot even comprehend. It is akin to a collection of humans accumulating in number in order to strike down the divine. 

Because of this hazard, because of this fear, humans resorted to their most unimpeachable method of retaliation; the mind. Using their thoughts to construct theories which lead to experiments that herald the development of their truculent nostrum against that which poses a threat to the endless lifespan that all humans yearn for, be it explicitly or subconsciously. 

Due to this, it is easy to understand why humans fear viruses, despite their unfathomable difference in size. However, it is folly to hypothecate that humans are the sole victim in this trial by ignorance. 

Imagine. The mind of a virus. To the ever expanding, ever enlightened mind of a human, a virus is completely and utterly imbecellic. So wide is the gap between the mind of a human and a virus that to even call attention to the gap's existence is an act of redundancy. As if to say, "You've only just figured that out?" But imagine, for a moment, if a virus could attempt to perceive humanity. Our size is so vast, our minds are so complex... In the mind of a virus, humanity is naught more than a flickering shadow, a being in the third dimension incomprehensible to one such as itself.

But despite the lack of comprehension, the virus kills. And so does humanity retaliate. All without a modicum of understanding between one another. 

"But why should we care about the life of a virus? They aren't even sentient," you might ask yourself. If we humans reside in the third dimension, while viruses occupy the second, what do you imagine exists in the fourth dimension?

Is it a being, more intelligent than ourselves? In just the same way that a virus does not ponder the existence of that which it cannot comprehend, humans do not entertain the idea of a being whose existence is superior to their own. 

I wonder, then... Would humans be capable of killing that which they cannot comprehend, just the same as viruses? If that were the case, one would naturally assume that this fourth dimensional being would seek justice for their benighted slaughter.  

Surely, if that being were to fight back, humans would attempt to extenuate their circumstances. Alas, it would be an exercise in fruitlessness, as the unsophisticated words and actions of humanity would have no meaning to the mind of a fourth dimensional being. It would efficiently and effortlessly devise the most effective method of extermination, and erase the pitiful humans without a second thought.

(1.3.6.8.11)