--- In [email protected], Michael Jackson <mjackson74@...> wrote: > > Maybe this explains why our visiting aliens are so enamored of > making crop > circles. > > "There had been a popular joke on Freedom, started by a man named > Calder. Looking down from space, he had said, the dominant life > forms on Earth were obviously the cereals and other grasses. They > occupied all the most desirable and fertile land; and they had > tamed insects and animals to care for them. In particular, they > had domesticated the bipeds to nurture and cultivate them and to > save and plant their seed. Now, watching the farmers, Alex could > easily imagine that they were worshiping and genuflecting before > their masters." > - Larry Niven
Great find. For a "hard science" SciFi writer, Larry could be very funny on occasion.
