Quote from: SiL on Sep 27, 2024, 10:15:43 PMQuote from: Traveler37 on Sep 27, 2024, 10:11:54 PMQuote from: SM on Sep 27, 2024, 09:45:52 PMIn what way?
Me: I said they will think alien, not like a human.
You: In what way?"
Me: "alien"
Yes but what does that mean?
You said they'll think alien, but you keep trying to use terrestrial animals to argue a cross species relationship.
Can we use terrestrial animals to compare them to or not?
#1 SM asked a question he already knew the answer to, so I stated the obvious.
#2 A "relationshiop" with a xeno is similar to a relationship with a "man eating" lion which is not the same as a lion who has "never" eaten a man. This distinction is very important.
#3 A relationship between a man and a man-eating lion is extremely unlikely, but possible under the right conditions.
#4 Theoretically, a relationship between a human and a xeno can also be possible under the right conditions.
#5 This does not negate an xeno having thoughts "alien" to how a human thinks.
#6 Expecting a xeno to think like a human is like expecting a lion to think like a human.
#7 Do I need to explain further?
#8 A human-xeno relationship does not equate "humans and xenos working together, Disney-style."
Quote from: SM on Sep 27, 2024, 10:17:13 PMQuote from: Traveler37 on Sep 27, 2024, 10:11:54 PMQuote from: SM on Sep 27, 2024, 09:45:52 PMIn what way?
Me: I said they will think alien, not like a human.
You: In what way?"
Me: "alien"
They're not really though. The only thing "alien" is the reasoning for behaviour we don't understand yet.
'Why did the Alien kill this dude but abduct that dude?'
There's going to be a reason if they were an actual animal that could be studied.
Not simply 'bEcAuSe aLiEn'.
Alien, meaning unlike humans, unlike Earth-originated organisms.