Think of it this way:Originally posted by Tifanyx
Think of it in 20th century terms. Did you ever here the phrase, "Computers are only as smart as the people who program them"? Granted, we are now in the year 29477, but I believe that that logic still applies. If computers were that much more intelligent, they would have taken over the world back then. But they didn't, because no matter how intelligent they are, they still lacked something. They are not self sufficient. Which means a human must intervene if something goes wrong.
Its the same thing with present day nanomage. If we have "superior" intelligence, why after hundreds of years are we still bound to this planet? You'd think that by now some superiorly intelligent nanomage would figure out a way to get off this rock?!? But no, we are still here. Doomed to die, because less intelligent Solitus,Opifex, & Atrox don't believe in our struggle?? We cannot live without the intervention of notum within our system. Solitus, Opifex AND EVEN ATROX can. So who is more intelligent? I'm sorry, but I'd give up all this fake intelligence to be ALIVE when all the Notum is gone.
Nanomages are dependant on Notum.
All humans are dependant on vitamins.
Does that mean that all humans are not intelligent simply because their biology is dependant on a certain substance?
Being dependant on notum is the same as being dependant on air, water, food or vitamins to live. Its part of who we are. Its an immutable fact that we cannt escape, no matter our intelligence.
The comparison to 20th Century computers is just plain silly. We are enhanced humans, not machines. Would you say Atrox cannot be stronger than the solitus that created them? We have all been enhanbced in different ways. We are in fact more intelligent. We have been engineered to be more intelligent. If Solitus were infact as or more intelligent than us, they wouldnt have needed to create us.