Would you be disappointed if aliens were humans?

[tharpdevenport]

Kind of opens up the dating pool...


On another level I would say that I am a little thankful, because we already have enough have based on looks and skin color here on Earth -- we don't need to move on to aliens races too with that shit.
Though I would love to see a KKK member get their assed burned to a crisp by a laser gun.

 

[Daneel]

I can't imagine that being the case, unless the universe's genetic makeup department has some major budgetary restrictions...

If, however, there were alien species that looked remarkably similar to us, it might help facilitate communication between ourselves and them. It might make it easier for each species to learn about and understand the other.

Would I be disappointed? Yeah, probably. I'd expect aliens to look like something I could never imagine in my wildest dreams. However, I'd probably get over it and anticipate first contact with the next species -- and hope that they aren't humanoid. Oh, and that they're friendly.

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

Maybe sentient life can really only evolve so many ways.

Either they are human-like or repto-humanoids, and if so they will want to devour us.

 

[The Borg Queen]

What if sentient life on another planet is aquatic? Like a sort of octopus/squid creature with a dozen tentacles.

Sentience could have happened as a result of having to finely coordinate all those arms, and develop language (sign language) and complex social rituals, etc...

 

[tharpdevenport]

What if sentient life on another planet is aquatic? Like a sort of octopus/squid creature with a dozen tentacles.

Sentience could have happened as a result of having to finely coordinate all those arms, and develop language (sign language) and complex social rituals, etc...

then we might accidently cause an intergallactic war when we fish, cage, then cook and eat some planet's leader.

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

On the subject of "aliens" turning out to be the same species--try reading Debra Doyle and James Macdonald's Mageworlds series. It's kind of a sci-fi/fantasy blend, but still--that's the premise.

The result wasn't pretty.

 

[The Borg Queen]

What if sentient life on another planet is aquatic? Like a sort of octopus/squid creature with a dozen tentacles.

Sentience could have happened as a result of having to finely coordinate all those arms, and develop language (sign language) and complex social rituals, etc...

then we might accidently cause an intergallactic war when we fish, cage, then cook and eat some planet's leader.

The Calamari wars; Humanity's darkest hour.

 

[Squiggy]

Would it be a trap?