RE: If we make contact?
November 7, 2008 at 9:52 am
(This post was last modified: November 7, 2008 at 9:56 am by Edwardo Piet.)
(November 7, 2008 at 8:53 am)Darwinian Wrote:Well I think the best average wager would be to bet on option 2, so I'm gonna do that, its probably the closest. I'm not sure but I have more reason to think that than any other. I think that aliens would have to evolve to have similar solutions to us if they are intelligent.(November 7, 2008 at 8:34 am)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: Also the question is perhaps, "How human-like is 'human-like?'"
We are talking about the sort of aliens you get in Star Trek!
But to suggest they'd all be humanoid to the point of star-trek!
That seems absurd to me and perhaps a bit connected to the thing about man being in God's image perhaps.
Perhaps a bit of subconsious conceit lol.
I could be wrong, perhaps option 1 is indeed very probable merely counter-intuitive to me - but I think not.
If anyone thinks 1 is the most probable option I'd be very interested to know why.
Hmmm, if human-like is star-trek I'm not sure how human-like 'pretty human-like' is, how close to Star-trek is 'pretty human like'? I'm not sure so I think 2 is best, it covers a wider area. Besides 2 could very well cover 1 aswell, because I think that 'pretty human like' is still both strange and recognizably organic! So I think 2 covers a wider area and probably applys to 1 aswell.
So I'm voting for 2.