On 27 May 2014 11:24, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List < [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... > > > > Unless, of course life had already spread throughout our galaxy billions > of years before our star was born and we are just the local Sol branch off > the same galactic (or who knows perhaps even larger scale) tree of life. > > > > Which would put us on a par with, say, slime mould as far as our ability > to reproduce with aliens went. That is, we might have the same genetic > code, as I think everything on Earth does - but everything on Earth can't > interbreed. > > > > Unless, sexual reproduction is also widespread throughout the galaxy… and > that species after species on planet after planet reproduce with sperm and > eggs. Now that does not mean viable offspring – but the sexual act and the > sex drive may be quite common and function in essentially the same way. > Pure conjecture on my part of course J > But so what? Generally speaking, we don't want to have sex with all the species on Earth that uses the same method of reproduction as us. Why would you expect aliens to want to have sex with us, any more than we want to have sex with, say, dogs? I can conjecture SF-y scenarios in which this might be likely, but nothing that seems reasonable under what seem remotely likely assumptions. For an example of something like this, see James Tiptree's story “And I Awoke and Found me Here” - in which humans have a pathological desire for sex with aliens (which the aliens don't reciprocate). But assuming some aliens *do* have a pathological desire for sex with other species due to some evolutionary kink, then obviously if they have suitable genitalia and can get the other species to agree, they can. However, generally humans don't have a desire for sex with other species, or even with the majority of members of their own species, and most other species on Earth are similarly disinclined, for obvious evolutionary reasons. So I don't see that this is at all likely. Or is this all some blokeish thing? -- 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.
