"Live Long and Prosper" - Meaning

[The Old Mixer]

And maybe the dolphins also think that we're cute.

 

[BK613]

Gimli said, "But you speak of him as if he were a friend. I thought Fangorn was dangerous."

"Dangerous!" cried Gandalf. "And so am I, very dangerous: more dangerous than anything you will ever meet, unless you are brought alive before the seat of the Dark Lord. And Aragorn is dangerous, and Legolas is dangerous. You are beset with dangers, Gimli son of Gloin; for you are dangerous yourself, in your own fashion. Certainly the forest of Fangorn is perilous - not least to those that are too ready with their axes; and Fangorn himself, he is perilous too; yet he is wise and kindly nonetheless."

 

[Swedish Borg]

Orcas are dolphins, a subgenus of the family Delphinidae.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic_dolphin


And all dolphins are very dangerous. Despite their differing reputations in human popular culture, orcas and other dolphins are behaviorally quite similar -- generally benign toward humans, but fierce predators prone to violence among themselves, as well as capable of kinder, gentler social behavior.

I've long found it interesting that humans and dolphins are much kinder to each other than they are to their own species. I figure it's because our environments and needs are so different that we don't see each other as rivals, and so our conflict instincts don't kick in. I think that bodes well for interaction with aliens (though less so in fictional universes where aliens are humanoid).

Assuming we'll ever meet aliens (from outer space) which is doubtful.

 

[Swedish Borg]

And maybe the dolphins also think that we're cute.

We think piglets are cute, yet we eat them.

 

[Christopher]

Assuming we'll ever meet aliens (from outer space) which is doubtful.

Within the next thousand years? Probably not. Within the next hundred thousand? I wouldn't rule it out.

At least, within the context of science fiction, it's an interesting contrast to the usual assumption that we'd be more likely to have conflict with aliens the more unlike us they are. I think it may well be the other way around.

 

[Swedish Borg]

Within the next thousand years? Probably not. Within the next hundred thousand? I wouldn't rule it out.

At least, within the context of science fiction, it's an interesting contrast to the usual assumption that we'd be more likely to have conflict with aliens the more unlike us they are. I think it may well be the other way around.

If we ever meet aliens it will be ones with technology so their technological needs, metals, sources of energy, land... may be very similar to ours even if they are different and breathe a different air and ingest different food a different way.... etc...

So they could still see us as rivals.

 

[BK613]

And maybe the dolphins also think that we're cute.

On the other hand, maybe we are just not palatable, Poor humpback will take weeks to get the taste out of its mouth.

 

[The Old Mixer]

We think piglets are cute, yet we eat them.

They're just too damn tasty.

 

[Swedish Borg]

They're just too damn tasty.