Remember I once had started an essay on science fiction's fascination with an alien/human hybrid?
Of course I remember! :-) Oh, you still have your icon, too--the other one with the blonde girl labeled 'allie keys.' (And this one, Seven.)
I just don't like to think that all aliens' natural end point is to become human because that's normal or good or right. I believe in each species' intrinsic right to simply be whoever they are without being judged by our standards.
Not judging the other species by our standards would be hard to do if we're both sentient species... especially if we look the same/very similar. We do it all the time even with other humans--judge them by differences in skin, race, culture, economic status, etc. We go to war over stupid stuff. Sometimes those conflicts never get fully resolved.
I don't know if the Cylons are human or not. I honestly think they are still evolving. Humans are still evolving. Who knows where it might end? I also think that whenever two closely related human species tried to exist on Earth, one eventually died out. I'm talking about prehistoric humanoids. Even though they could probably interbreed, I don't know, we sorta always ended up with one species at a time, I think.
Part of what fascinates me about the cylons is their apparent desire to be human. They (three models, at least) willingly gave up the downloading capacity--one of the things that has made them inherently different from us. It does seem like there's a desire to fit in with the dominant (human) culture... and yet that's the culture they tried to destroy in the mini-series.
I have lots of other thoughts that may well develop into a post about sci-fi books I like that have the theme of humanity. It's not just you being inspired during our conversations! go work on those fics, you!
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Of course I remember! :-) Oh, you still have your icon, too--the other one with the blonde girl labeled 'allie keys.' (And this one, Seven.)
I just don't like to think that all aliens' natural end point is to become human because that's normal or good or right. I believe in each species' intrinsic right to simply be whoever they are without being judged by our standards.
Not judging the other species by our standards would be hard to do if we're both sentient species... especially if we look the same/very similar. We do it all the time even with other humans--judge them by differences in skin, race, culture, economic status, etc. We go to war over stupid stuff. Sometimes those conflicts never get fully resolved.
I don't know if the Cylons are human or not. I honestly think they are still evolving. Humans are still evolving. Who knows where it might end? I also think that whenever two closely related human species tried to exist on Earth, one eventually died out. I'm talking about prehistoric humanoids. Even though they could probably interbreed, I don't know, we sorta always ended up with one species at a time, I think.
Part of what fascinates me about the cylons is their apparent desire to be human. They (three models, at least) willingly gave up the downloading capacity--one of the things that has made them inherently different from us. It does seem like there's a desire to fit in with the dominant (human) culture... and yet that's the culture they tried to destroy in the mini-series.
I have lots of other thoughts that may well develop into a post about sci-fi books I like that have the theme of humanity. It's not just you being inspired during our conversations!
go work on those fics, you!