Re: joining concultures,was Re: Alternative histories and paralele universes

Hawksinger wrote:

>Kristian Jensen wrote:
>
>
>> Nowapan is a huge country, is it not? So it must be extremely
>> neutral if it is to succeed in keeping the real world unaffected
>> by its presence.
>
>It is, as much or more so as Switzerland.  Also, I count on a
>certain degree of 'otherness' intervening.  I have read accounts of
>chimps and gorillas feeding among one another, but totalling
>ignoring each other.  I have often wondered if this wasn't a factor
>for the archaic Homo sapiens and Neandertals who coexisted in the
>Levant.  In any case, I have it happen to a degree with H.
>intelligens and H. sapiens.
>
This makes total sense. Not only do gorillas and chimps ignore each
other, but the same phenomenon can be applied to other animals. If
you don't have chimps and gorillas in your backyard, then all you
have to do is look at birds to see the phenomenon at work. This is
pretty interesting actually.

If you decide to accomodate Kenji's Sayat speakers in Nowapan,
chances are that the Sayat would be left completely to themselves.
They will live together with the Nowans but they will basically as
separate species ignore each other.

Regards,
-Kristian- 8-)