On 5/25/2014 4:12 PM, LizR wrote:
On 25 May 2014 23:32, Telmo Menezes <te...@telmomenezes.com
<mailto:te...@telmomenezes.com>> wrote:
On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 1:15 PM, LizR <lizj...@gmail.com
<mailto:lizj...@gmail.com>>
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!".
And giant gorillas are always fond of beautiful women.
Brent
Australia: Where men are men and sheep are nervous.
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