Random Ideas #2 · 3:51am Nov 2nd, 2012
Creature
I always felt that having a brain in one part of the body seems to leave a really venerable spot to protect. Instead of having grey matter completely concentrated in one area (aka head), parts of the brain are somewhat spread out across the nervous system, though still a bit higher than the center of mass. This might slow the brain's processing speed, though that is traded off for the ability of being somewhat more coordinated.
This is somewhat connected with the idea of a creature with near perfect connections to its body's cells. This will allow it to be able to handle environmental surprises much more mechanically, and less prone to panic attacks by commanding the flow of adrenaline and controlling the fight/flight instinct. Also to withstand pain after acknowledging what caused it and being able to fix it. Which can be healed by sending more nutrients to the area by controlling blood flow to speed up tissue repair. In extreme cases, force a cell to revert to a stem cell. And go on from there. Maybe be able to accept foreign DNA to improve itself. Is very adaptable to massive environmental changes due to accumulation of DNA and the ability to consciously activate certain chains. Still takes time for the proteins to get around.
