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>I am having a hard time buying the idea of squid in the water building a=20
technology too. OK our squid are mentalists on the other of the Ane,=20
but telekinetic ability is the thing. They can manipulate at the=20
genetic level and build creatures not machines.
That's one interpretation. Another would be to see if is possible to build=
a technology
underwater without fire as we know it and the products that result. I like=
the idea of
breeding animals that produce shells, and perhaps manipulating that to crea= te
creatures that are essentially factories. It is also possible that
chemica= l reactions
could be manipulated to produce the desired end products. It would be hard=
for
us to imagine how this would work because it would be truly alien.
Of course, any story involving sentient squids would need something more th= an just
a very strange first contact. I like the idea but I haven't written the
st= ory yet, since
I really don't have a story to tell. Nevertheless, it's in the back of my
= mind, waiting
for that day when inspiration strikes and I find I have a story worth
telli= ng involving
the squids. Who knows how long it will take. Squids developing a non-
technological but sentient society (like the Ane, especially the
Steve-Trek=
interpre-
tation of them) could also be the way to go. They might have telepathic po= wers.
Then again, I've already done that with jellyfish.
Steve
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>I am having a hard time buying the idea of
squid in the water
building a technology too. OK our squid are mentalists
on the other of
the Ane, but telekinetic ability is the thing. They can
manipulate at the genetic level and build creatures not
machines.
That's one
interpretation. Another would be
to see if is possible to build a technology
underwater without fire as we know
it and the
products that result. I like the idea of
breeding animals that produce
shells, and perhaps
manipulating that to create
creatures that are essentially
factories. It
is also possible that chemical reactions
could be manipulated to produce
the desired end
products. It would be hard for
us to imagine how this would work
because it would
be truly alien.
Of course, any story involving
sentient squids
would need something more than just
a very strange first
contact. I like the
idea
but I haven't written the story yet, since
I really don't have a story to
tell.
Nevertheless, it's in the back of my mind, waiting
for that day when inspiration
strikes and I find I
have a story worth telling involving
the squids. Who knows
how long it will
take. Squids developing a non-
technological but sentient society
(like the Ane,
especially the Steve-Trek interpre-
tation of them) could also be the
way to go.
They might have telepathic powers.
Then again, I've already done that with
jellyfish.
Steve
The Universe
Unbounded.
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