Antisense

Antisense has several meanings. It can mean 1. the means whereby the Humane Choice virus entered the human genome, 2. A way of thinking opposed to that of the hanyos and their dominant ideologies, or 3. the content of the Gatha Antisense, also called the Rootkit Database.

Antisense and Humane Choice
When Dr Pradip Shankar created the Humane Choice vaccine in 2004, he used a retrovirus akin to the Adeno Associated Virus (also called Dependovirus, the name by which Shankar always referred to it) to be the vehicle. The exact mechanism of Humane Choice's action is not known, but Shankar himself alleged that it's effect was to 'supercharge' the Y-bearing spermatozoans and thus make it impossible for X-bearing sperm to fertilise the egg. The antisense DNA generated by the Humane Choice virus from its sense RNA using reverse transcriptase inserted itself into the human genome as a latent virion. During the early phase of Shankar's fame, the term 'antisense' entered popular discourse through news channels, and later it was taken up and subverted by rootkittens, who were clearly impressed by the ambiguities inherent in the word.

Antisense and Rootkit
The secondary meaning of antisense derives from the 'upside-down' way of thinking popular among the rootkittens. If the hanyos' dominant ideologies of extreme patriarchy, corporate power and greed, complete disregard for nature and ecologies and glorification of conflict were 'sense', then the rootkit philosophy of strenuous opposition to all of this was 'antisense'. Around 2040 the word starts to be used as a kind of code for dissent, particularly in the songs of the short-lived rape rock group Vagina 32, However, it wasn't till the 2070s that Zigsa began to use the word as part of an organised system of thought in her Viral Book.

The Gatha Antisense
The Gatha Antisense only came to be named as such after the Flowering. Before that it was simply known as the Rootkit Database. After teh Flowering it's name was changed to make it more mainstream and to welcome it to the core of sangsara philosophy. However, its position within the canon remains mildly contrvoersial.