Darkness is great … for sleeping, for hiding things, for testing your ability to navigate without your sight. But, unless you’re a blind ninja, if you want to get somewhere quickly without tripping a lot, bring a good lamp.
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Erika Yocom
Gina Paganucci
Dean Compton
One rarely changes another’s mind through the display of useful facts.
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The end of empires
When she made them she thought she was building fun little brothers. What she got was … little brothers.
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Kate Barnett Hammann
According to the Blair, the Burrabb are part of Sentient 41. That is, they are part of the 41st ecosystem to independently arise in our galaxy. The Burrabb are one of four “civilized” species known to have developed from Sentient 41.
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Sterling Swallow
Aaron Goertzen
Among the Burrabb, loud enthusiastic discussions are standard. From most human cultural perspectives these discussions look like heated arguments that are about to become violent. This rarely happens. The Burrabb need for consensus with their family group before their family group takes action generally prevents an individual burrabb from actually fighting with another individual burrabb.
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Louisa Coughlan
When we meet them, we might see aliens as cute. If we’re lucky, they might also find us attractive. Maybe we’ll think the other smells good. Fortunately, neither of us is likely to find the other edible.
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Incompatible DNA
Hans Christian Anderson was wrong. (About a lot of things actually.) Mermaids have souls. They also have legs whenever they want them. There’s no need for them to bargain away their voices to get them. Few of them take advantage of this talent because swimming so much safer than walking. No one stubs a toe or falls down the stairs in the ocean.
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The sound of waves against the shore
All civilizations require traffic control. Some civilizations develop sophisticated electronic means to prevent collisions and route vehicles safely around each other. Other civilizations rely on dumb luck and yelling loudly.
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John Johns
Having two eyes allows most terran species to see in three dimensions. Having three eyes probably wouldn’t allow a creature to see in four dimensions but would they tell us if they could?
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Patricia Prince Pandoff
Patty Jeres
One of the marks of a civilized being is its ability to discuss its religion with a being holding a different religion and concentrate on what makes their faiths similar rather than what makes them different.
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Robert Hanni
Terri Wolfe
Glynn Owen Barrass
