On 25 May 2014 23:32, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 1:15 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I guess it would be pedantic to point out the silliness of aliens wanting >> to have sex with humans. I mean, we're more closely related to grass, >> jellyfish and slugs than we are to aliens... >> > > Makes sense, of course, but I'm not so sure. I don't think we know enough > at this point to estimate the diversity of the solution space for > biologically evolved entities with human-level intelligence or above. It > could be that something very similar to us is the only viable solution, or > the most likely solution. > > Functionally similar (perhaps), but certainly not genetically similar. We aren't even gentically similar enough to interbreed with any other species that evolved on the same planet under very similar conditions to us - for example, we are very closely related to chimps, but we still can't interbreed with them.
It is however fascinating that we're so fascinated by this idea. From "I married a monster from outer space" via Mr Spock to "Mars needs women!". -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
