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Cross Species Breeding in fantasy sifi
MoSeS:
One the problems I run into when trying to find good examples of aliens, is that if you google Hottest Alien (sounds crazy), anyhow you will get list of aliens that all look human.
I know there are non-human looking aliens, like in Star Wars, Star Trek, Farscape, etc.
I can only find a few examples though, like Chiane from Farscape. But I guess my problem is I am looking only for female aliens because I am a dude. I guess I should think of it both ways.
IMO it would be plausible that some of these would be able to mate with humans, as long as anatomy were compatible.
Now, physical form is going to make it improbable for many human-alien couples. For example, how would ET mate with a human. (this is getting weird now)
Anyhow, the simple solution in this case is ET touches a woman on the stomach with that glowy finger, and BAM she's magically pregnant with an ET baby.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: MoSeS_ on August 03, 2010, 06:25:26 PM ---What I am saying is for those who read fiction involving extraterrestrial beings shouldn't have too many qualms with believing that one of said beings could mate with a human.
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I am still querying why. One of them is "I accept this as the premise of a book". The other is "logical consequence of aliens existing". Very different scales.
--- Quote ---And that the fiction could easily be written to make mating plausible.
For example: the alien technology makes breeding possible
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Which is like saying "the alien technology provides infinite free energy". It's not plausible just because you declare it, not unless you explain or demonstrate enough of how it works.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: MoSeS_ on August 03, 2010, 06:38:24 PM ---One the problems I run into when trying to find good examples of aliens, is that if you google Hottest Alien (sounds crazy), anyhow you will get list of aliens that all look human.
I know there are non-human looking aliens, like in Star Wars, Star Trek, Farscape, etc.
I can only find a few examples though, like Chiane from Farscape. But I guess my problem is I am looking only for female aliens because I am a dude. I guess I should think of it both ways.
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If the only SF you're interested in is as biologically implausible as those examples, I think we may be arguing on different scales.
Nickeris86:
--- Quote ---Which is like saying "the alien technology provides infinite free energy". It's not plausible just because you declare it, not unless you explain or demonstrate enough of how it works.
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why is saying that alien technology provides infinite free energy unbelievable . you are assuming that these races evolved technologically along the same lines as humans. there is a very interesting documentary done by this physicist and his theory is that advanced races may have technology so vastly different from ours that what we think of as advanced science could be a infants toy to them. free infinite energy is not outside the realm of possibility.
MoSeS:
--- Quote from: neurovore on August 03, 2010, 07:18:11 PM ---I am still querying why. One of them is "I accept this as the premise of a book". The other is "logical consequence of aliens existing". Very different scales.
Which is like saying "the alien technology provides infinite free energy". It's not plausible just because you declare it, not unless you explain or demonstrate enough of how it works.
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I accept this as the premise of a book. This is what I am talking.
logical consequence of aliens existing. I think that would be a different thread.
--- Quote from: neurovore on August 03, 2010, 07:19:10 PM ---If the only SF you're interested in is as biologically implausible as those examples, I think we may be arguing on different scales.
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I think so.
I think you are thinking more realistically of actual aliens and the improbability of them being able to mate.
I am thinking of fiction. I am thinking totally make-believe beings, having totally make-believe sex, and having make-believe babies. Just for fictions sake.
I think if we want to debate the existance of real aliens and their tech, we should probably start a different thread (or maybe in a different forum like http://www.alien-ufos.com/)
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