Now I want to read a load of SF about human idealistic Space Federations being horrified by species in a variety of predator/prey relationships where “stop eating your neighbours” isn’t a viable or culturally acceptable solution. Like, the predator species literally needs to eat the prey species in order to be able to breed, and no one has been able to synthesise the required protein, or the prey species religion is based on ritual consumption.
Or maybe it turns out humans are the only species who _hasnt_ evolved with a predator/prey relationship with another intelligent species, and all the aliens are horrified and find this deeply perverse. (I’m now imagining a well meaning alien campaign encouraging humans to “eat more dolphins! They’re intelligent!”)
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Date: 2023-10-23 07:09 pm (UTC)Or maybe it turns out humans are the only species who _hasnt_ evolved with a predator/prey relationship with another intelligent species, and all the aliens are horrified and find this deeply perverse. (I’m now imagining a well meaning alien campaign encouraging humans to “eat more dolphins! They’re intelligent!”)
SOMEONE must have done it, surely.