I don't know if this is covered in the series, but once you start uplifting species where do you stop? If you uplift dogs, why not cats? Why not squids? (They're smarter than you think). In fact, why not uplift cock roaches? Of course you'd have to make them bigger so their head could hold a bigger brain. But once they achieved intelligence and we could reason with them, maybe humans would get over being disgusted by them. (Or not.)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l-bounces@;mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of Alberto Monteiro Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 7:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Dogs and Uplift Jeroen wrote: > > The quote is indeed from "Gorilla, My Dreams". It is available at > www.brin-l.com (Path: David Brin | Essays & Articles | Gorilla, > My Dreams). > He is really a (very evil) (Evil Overlord). Usually we don't see someone writing a book and its own parody. I nicknamed this "Gorilla, My Dreams" as "The Hitchhiker Guide to the Five Galaxies" O:-) Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
