This song is riddled with idiosyncracies, the only thing I can do is give the denotation of the word "homunculus."
Homunculus was a theoretical being that was inside of sperm, in the past they believed that sperm contained a very small fully developed human and it just grew over time. The term originated from the alchemist Paracelsus who claimed that he had a little man who did work for him (which he created by putting together a bag of bones, sperm, skin fragments and hair from any animal you wanted it to be a hybrid of. This was to be laid in the ground surrounded by horse manure for forty days, at which point the embryo would form.)
Today the term is used in a number of ways to describe systems that are thought of as being run by a "little man" inside. For instance, the homunculus continues to be considered as one of the major theories on the origin of consciousness, that there is a part (or process) in the brain whose purpose is to be "you". The homunculus is often invoked in cybernetics as well, for similar reasons.
This song is riddled with idiosyncracies, the only thing I can do is give the denotation of the word "homunculus."
Homunculus was a theoretical being that was inside of sperm, in the past they believed that sperm contained a very small fully developed human and it just grew over time. The term originated from the alchemist Paracelsus who claimed that he had a little man who did work for him (which he created by putting together a bag of bones, sperm, skin fragments and hair from any animal you wanted it to be a hybrid of. This was to be laid in the ground surrounded by horse manure for forty days, at which point the embryo would form.)
Today the term is used in a number of ways to describe systems that are thought of as being run by a "little man" inside. For instance, the homunculus continues to be considered as one of the major theories on the origin of consciousness, that there is a part (or process) in the brain whose purpose is to be "you". The homunculus is often invoked in cybernetics as well, for similar reasons.