[ExI] emotional deficits in sci-fi

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] emotional deficits in sci-fi

 

>…I sure would like to read some modern scifi in which people act more like people.  In meeting aliens some people would have heart attacks. 

 

>… Know any good new books?   bill w

 

Not new, but Enders Game is an example of scifi where the hero has feelings.

 

Regarding heart attacks: in most cases, the hero is a young person.  Regardless of the scale of adrenaline rush, they are unlikely to either faint or have a heart attack.  

 

Meeting an alien: on this planet, we occasionally come face to face with a beast we know damn well is capable and willing to do us harm.  We neither faint nor perish.  We get away if possible.  The beast most likely to cause either of those would be (I suppose) a snake.  I have seen plenty, some having been a bad surprise, but none caused me to perish.

 

If we were to meet an alien, it is unclear if it has bad intentions, but I would vaguely assume not.  Reasoning: if it is highly capable of causing harm, good chance it has advanced skills in detecting prey, in which case it know about me before I knew about it.  If it wanted to cause me harm, it would have already done so by the time I discovered its presence.

 

In Enders Game, Ender realizes before coming face to face with the alien that he…  Well, I won’t spoil it.  Good story.

 

spike

 

 

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