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<strong>The</strong> Fourth Interview of Dr. Jamisson <strong>Neruda</strong><br />

WingmakersTM<br />

Dr. <strong>Neruda</strong>: “That and the fact there were twenty-three chambers—the precise number of<br />

chromosomes—or pairs of chromosomes in a normal human cell. <strong>The</strong>se factors, along with<br />

some of the detail contained within the chamber paintings and philosophical text we<br />

decoded, led us to conclude that the site was designed to tell a story about the human<br />

genome.”<br />

Sarah: “Okay, but why was the twenty-fourth chamber hidden and how does that relate to<br />

the human genome”<br />

Dr. <strong>Neruda</strong>: “I don’t know with certainty, but remember that the twenty-third chromosome<br />

determines the sex of the individual. <strong>The</strong> wall painting from the twenty-third chamber is the<br />

only painting that shows—albeit abstractly—the genitalia of both a man and a woman. We<br />

assumed that this was deliberate. <strong>The</strong> fact that the twenty-third chamber was unfinished<br />

suggested that the twenty-third chromosome was also somehow unfinished, implying that<br />

there may be some other function of the sex gene that has not been completed yet.”<br />

Sarah: “But isn’t the entire genome unfinished I remember reading that 95 percent of the<br />

genome is unused. Isn’t that true”<br />

Dr. <strong>Neruda</strong>: “It’s true that the instructions contained within the genes are mostly unused,<br />

but the genes themselves, as far as their instruction set, are not incomplete so far as we<br />

know. <strong>The</strong>re are, of course, genetic mutations that occur from time-to-time, but again these<br />

are not states of incompletion so much as spontaneous adaptation to genetic interfusion.”<br />

Sarah: “<strong>The</strong>n what’s the case with the twenty-fourth chamber Are there instances when<br />

some people have twenty-four chromosomes”<br />

Dr. <strong>Neruda</strong>: “First, it’s twenty-three pairs of chromosomes, and yes, there are people who<br />

have an extra chromosome, but it’s generally not desirable, and is often lethal. In our<br />

research, we’ve never seen twenty-four pairs of chromosomes in a healthy, normal human.”<br />

Sarah: “But isn’t it possible that it’s not about pairs of chromosomes <strong>The</strong>re aren’t any pairs<br />

of chambers, so maybe they’re talking about twenty-four chromosomes period.”<br />

Dr. <strong>Neruda</strong>: “This possibility was certainly explored.”<br />

Sarah: “And…”<br />

Dr. <strong>Neruda</strong>: “<strong>The</strong>re was no reliable evidence, so the theory was discounted.”<br />

Sarah: “So nothing human has twenty-four chromosomes or twenty-four pairs of<br />

chromosomes Why would the WingMakers construct something so obviously genetic in its<br />

shape and make an error like this”<br />

Dr. <strong>Neruda</strong>: “No one within the Labyrinth Group believed there was an error.<br />

Chimpanzees, orangutans, and gorillas possess twenty-four pairs of chromosomes.”<br />

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