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Homunculus

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    (1694- )
    Homunculus is Latin for 'little person'
    Believed to be found in sperm and eventually live in the brain
    Concept proposed by Nicolas Hartsoeker

Why Homunculus might be annoying:

    They tend to turn on their creator.
    The Jewish Golem was said to originate from a homonculus.
    During the 1600's, it was widely believe that sperm contained a small person (homonculus), that grew up to be human.
    Paracelsus, an alchemist claimed he created a homonculus (1656). He claimed it was 12 inches tall. His recipe consisted of a bag of bones, sperm, skin fragments and hair from any animal. Lay that mixture in the ground surrounded by horse manure for forty days, to form the embryo.
    A formula in the 'Magica Divina' to make a boy and girl homunculi: take a 'bowl of finest crystal, One measure May [Peonu?] Dew, two measures human blood, and one drachm [dram?] Animal Tincture.' It takes four months for life to begin, they grow to six inches and require only a morsel of food every month and will live happily for six years. When they reach six years old they explode causing great damage.

Why Homunculus might not be annoying:

    German surgeon/physiologist Kaspar Friedrich Wolff published 'Theoria Generations,' challenging the Homonculi theory (1759). It was not until the 1800s that Wolff's theory against Homonculus was widely believed.
    Many science fiction stories are based on the Homonculus, where a creation turns against its creator (i.e. Frankenstein).

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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 24 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 61 Votes: 65.57% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 24 Votes: 70.83% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 42 Votes: 73.81% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 82 Votes: 71.95% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 117 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 308 Votes: 68.18% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 264 Votes: 69.32% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 713 Votes: 69.14% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1478 Votes: 75.85% Annoying