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Forum Name: Undocumented Features General
Topic ID: 161
Message ID: 15
#15, RE: Acceptance of the Notion of Artificial Sentiance
Posted by Gryphon on Oct-20-01 at 04:30 PM
In response to message #13
>*shrug* Considering that an ancient starfaring race "seeding" worlds
>to produce humanoid life is actually more likely an explanation

I knew you'd say this.

Offhand, I prefer the parallel evolution concept (which, by the way, was Roddenberry's original excuse for the fact that Star Trek aliens look like humans in cheap makeup, dating all the way back to his original pitch documentation for the series in 1964 :) for the simple, basic reason that, while it may be improbable by the dictates of hard science, it isn't... well... lame like the "Preserver" copout. The "seeding" concept is another case, like the no-sound-in-space rule or the space-fighters-wouldn't-maneuver-like-that argument, of the more scientifically plausible concept being stupid-looking. I really dislike "powerful aliens meddled with the development of species X in their ancient past" plots in general, and the Preservers thing is the ultimate expression of that particular scripting indignity.

Earthlike planets produce Earthlike inhabitants. It may fly in the face of some arcane law of genetics, but it's a lot more logical on a horse-sense level.

--G.
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