I can think of loads of science fiction scenarios which will cover any specific speculation. For example, it's possible grey aliens are our descendants, time-travelling from an ecologically devastated future. They need to obtain samples of present day humanity as organ donors, or slaves, or to inspire them, or for revenge, or whatever happens to fit with the SF novel you're trying to write.
However, when I made my comment I was just sticking to boring old known facts. I'd say that on the basis of current knowledge there's a 99.999...% chance that humans evolved on this planet (the DNA evidence certainly indicates that we did). But anyway... if you want to move into wild speculation I can do that too. Like I said, I hate to be pedantic. Yeah, poor old Whitley Streiber was once one of my favourite writers, but he seems to have gone a wee bit overboard a decade or two ago and I'm afraid I've kind of given up reading his stuff (after the second one about alien abductions). Shame cos he was a brilliant horror writer - "The Night Church" in particular, if I recall (long time sine I read them now). Who said evolution arranged things? I do hate straw man arguments, they indicate a lack of imagination. Saying we evolved is NOTHING at all like saying the "Bible says X". Anyway yes the aliens of course tinkered with us - I've seen 2001. And computers will take over the world (could never happen...) -- 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.
