Re: OT: alien-ness portrayals; was Re: I'm new!
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, October 22, 2000, 20:47 |
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On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> If
> someone explained them historically, or just told me what was going on
> without this obviousness assumption, I would feel a lot less panicked
> about the whole situation.
The people of this list are as likely as any group on Earth to know the
answers to such questions.
> If aliens appeared on Earth, I'd be the last person you'd want to deal
> with them. I can't even get a haircut in Ithaca without getting the
> jitters about procedures and protocols!
Oh, I don't know. At least you know what you don't know, which is much
better in first-contact situations than people who think they already
know everything about such matters!
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
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