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Peter at 23:31, 29 October 2022

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	Until then, many try to compensate for our anthropomorphic bias by imagining aliens as increasingly foreign and inhuman. They end up picturing [[Wikipedia:Lovecraftian horror\|Lovecraftian]] grotesquery, or godlike beings with a {{smallcaps\|iv}} or {{smallcaps\|v}} [[Wikipedia:Kardashev scale#Extensions to the original scale\|Kardashev rating]], all of which in the end ring hollow and shallow against the creative oasis of anthropomorphism.		Until then, many try to compensate for our anthropomorphic bias by imagining aliens as increasingly foreign and inhuman. They end up picturing [[Wikipedia:Lovecraftian horror\|Lovecraftian]] grotesquery, or godlike beings with a {{smallcaps\|iv}} or {{smallcaps\|v}} [[Wikipedia:Kardashev scale#Extensions to the original scale\|Kardashev rating]], all of which in the end ring hollow and shallow against the creative oasis of anthropomorphism.

	So we find that this ''anthropomorphic bias'' is something to neither blunder past, nor fight against. Instead, we choose to acknowledge it here in this ''out-of-story'' way, and we accept the role of extraterrestrials in science fiction as mere entertainment devices that fundamentally cannot provide a satisfying treatment of the subject~~—including [[:Category:Intelligent species\|the ones in this story world]]~~.		So we find that this ''anthropomorphic bias'' is something to neither blunder past, nor fight against. Instead, we choose to acknowledge it here in this ''out-of-story'' way, and we accept the role of extraterrestrials in science fiction (including [[:Category:Intelligent species\|the ones in Eithalica]]) as mere entertainment devices that fundamentally cannot provide a satisfying treatment of the subject.

	= See Also =		= See Also =

	* [[:Category:Intelligent species]]		* [[:Category:Intelligent species]]

Peter at 23:27, 29 October 2022

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	Until then, many try to compensate for our anthropomorphic bias by imagining aliens as increasingly foreign and inhuman. They end up picturing [[Wikipedia:Lovecraftian horror\|Lovecraftian]] grotesquery, or godlike beings with a {{smallcaps\|iv}} or {{smallcaps\|v}} [[Wikipedia:Kardashev scale#Extensions to the original scale\|Kardashev rating]], all of which in the end ring hollow and shallow against the creative oasis of anthropomorphism.		Until then, many try to compensate for our anthropomorphic bias by imagining aliens as increasingly foreign and inhuman. They end up picturing [[Wikipedia:Lovecraftian horror\|Lovecraftian]] grotesquery, or godlike beings with a {{smallcaps\|iv}} or {{smallcaps\|v}} [[Wikipedia:Kardashev scale#Extensions to the original scale\|Kardashev rating]], all of which in the end ring hollow and shallow against the creative oasis of anthropomorphism.

	So we find that this ''anthropomorphic bias'' is something to neither blunder past, nor fight against. Instead, we choose to acknowledge it here in this ''out-of-story'' way, and we accept the role of extraterrestrials in science fiction as mere entertainment devices that fundamentally cannot provide a satisfying treatment of the subject.		So we find that this ''anthropomorphic bias'' is something to neither blunder past, nor fight against. Instead, we choose to acknowledge it here in this ''out-of-story'' way, and we accept the role of extraterrestrials in science fiction as mere entertainment devices that fundamentally cannot provide a satisfying treatment of the subject—including [[:Category:Intelligent species\|the ones in this story world]].

	= See Also =		= See Also =

	* [[:Category:Intelligent species]]		* [[:Category:Intelligent species]]

Peter at 23:26, 29 October 2022

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	Until then, many try to compensate for our anthropomorphic bias by imagining aliens as increasingly foreign and inhuman. They end up picturing [[Wikipedia:Lovecraftian horror\|Lovecraftian]] grotesquery, or godlike beings with a {{smallcaps\|iv}} or {{smallcaps\|v}} [[Wikipedia:Kardashev scale#Extensions to the original scale\|Kardashev rating]], all of which in the end ring hollow and shallow against the creative oasis of anthropomorphism.		Until then, many try to compensate for our anthropomorphic bias by imagining aliens as increasingly foreign and inhuman. They end up picturing [[Wikipedia:Lovecraftian horror\|Lovecraftian]] grotesquery, or godlike beings with a {{smallcaps\|iv}} or {{smallcaps\|v}} [[Wikipedia:Kardashev scale#Extensions to the original scale\|Kardashev rating]], all of which in the end ring hollow and shallow against the creative oasis of anthropomorphism.

	So we find that this ''anthropomorphic bias'' is something to neither blunder past, nor fight against. Instead, we choose to acknowledge it here in this ''out-of-story'' way, and we accept the role of science fiction as mere entertainment that fundamentally cannot provide a satisfying treatment of the subject.		So we find that this ''anthropomorphic bias'' is something to neither blunder past, nor fight against. Instead, we choose to acknowledge it here in this ''out-of-story'' way, and we accept the role of extraterrestrials in science fiction as mere entertainment devices that fundamentally cannot provide a satisfying treatment of the subject.

	= See Also =		= See Also =

	* [[:Category:Intelligent species]]		* [[:Category:Intelligent species]]

Peter at 22:24, 29 October 2022

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	Until then, many try to compensate for our anthropomorphic bias by imagining aliens as increasingly foreign and inhuman. They end up picturing [[Wikipedia:Lovecraftian horror\|Lovecraftian]] grotesquery, or godlike beings with a {{smallcaps\|iv}} or {{smallcaps\|v}} [[Wikipedia:Kardashev scale#Extensions to the original scale\|Kardashev rating]], all of which in the end ring hollow and shallow against the creative oasis of anthropomorphism.		Until then, many try to compensate for our anthropomorphic bias by imagining aliens as increasingly foreign and inhuman. They end up picturing [[Wikipedia:Lovecraftian horror\|Lovecraftian]] grotesquery, or godlike beings with a {{smallcaps\|iv}} or {{smallcaps\|v}} [[Wikipedia:Kardashev scale#Extensions to the original scale\|Kardashev rating]], all of which in the end ring hollow and shallow against the creative oasis of anthropomorphism.

	So we find that this ''anthropomorphic bias,'' ~~while quite real,~~ is ~~nonetheless not~~ something to ~~fear or throw away~~. Instead, we choose to acknowledge it here in this ''out-of-story'' way, and we accept the role of science fiction as mere entertainment that fundamentally cannot provide a satisfying treatment of the subject.		So we find that this ''anthropomorphic bias'' is something to neither blunder past, nor fight against. Instead, we choose to acknowledge it here in this ''out-of-story'' way, and we accept the role of science fiction as mere entertainment that fundamentally cannot provide a satisfying treatment of the subject.

	= See Also =		= See Also =

	* [[:Category:Intelligent species]]		* [[:Category:Intelligent species]]

Peter at 22:08, 29 October 2022

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	So we find that this ''anthropomorphic bias,'' while quite real, is nonetheless not something to fear or throw away. Instead, we choose to acknowledge it here in this ''out-of-story'' way, and we accept the role of science fiction as mere entertainment that fundamentally cannot provide a satisfying treatment of the subject.		So we find that this ''anthropomorphic bias,'' while quite real, is nonetheless not something to fear or throw away. Instead, we choose to acknowledge it here in this ''out-of-story'' way, and we accept the role of science fiction as mere entertainment that fundamentally cannot provide a satisfying treatment of the subject.

			= See Also =

			* [[:Category:Intelligent species]]

Peter at 22:04, 29 October 2022

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	Until then, many try to compensate for our anthropomorphic bias by imagining aliens as increasingly foreign and inhuman. They end up picturing [[Wikipedia:Lovecraftian horror\|Lovecraftian]] grotesquery, or godlike beings with a {{smallcaps\|iv}} or {{smallcaps\|v}} [[Wikipedia:Kardashev scale#Extensions to the original scale\|Kardashev rating]], all of which in the end ring hollow and shallow against the creative oasis of anthropomorphism.		Until then, many try to compensate for our anthropomorphic bias by imagining aliens as increasingly foreign and inhuman. They end up picturing [[Wikipedia:Lovecraftian horror\|Lovecraftian]] grotesquery, or godlike beings with a {{smallcaps\|iv}} or {{smallcaps\|v}} [[Wikipedia:Kardashev scale#Extensions to the original scale\|Kardashev rating]], all of which in the end ring hollow and shallow against the creative oasis of anthropomorphism.

	So we find that this ''anthropomorphic bias,'' while quite real, is nonetheless not something to fear or throw away. Instead, we choose to acknowledge it here in this ''out-of-story'' way, and we accept the role of science fiction as mere entertainment that fundamentally cannot provide a satisfying ~~answer on~~ the subject.		So we find that this ''anthropomorphic bias,'' while quite real, is nonetheless not something to fear or throw away. Instead, we choose to acknowledge it here in this ''out-of-story'' way, and we accept the role of science fiction as mere entertainment that fundamentally cannot provide a satisfying treatment of the subject.

Peter at 22:03, 29 October 2022

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	Until then, many try to compensate for our anthropomorphic bias by imagining aliens as increasingly foreign and inhuman. They end up picturing [[Wikipedia:Lovecraftian horror\|Lovecraftian]] grotesquery, or godlike beings with a {{smallcaps\|iv}} or {{smallcaps\|v}} [[Wikipedia:Kardashev scale#Extensions to the original scale\|Kardashev rating]], all of which in the end ring hollow and shallow against the creative oasis of anthropomorphism.		Until then, many try to compensate for our anthropomorphic bias by imagining aliens as increasingly foreign and inhuman. They end up picturing [[Wikipedia:Lovecraftian horror\|Lovecraftian]] grotesquery, or godlike beings with a {{smallcaps\|iv}} or {{smallcaps\|v}} [[Wikipedia:Kardashev scale#Extensions to the original scale\|Kardashev rating]], all of which in the end ring hollow and shallow against the creative oasis of anthropomorphism.

	So we find that this ''anthropomorphic bias,'' while quite real, is nonetheless not something to fear or throw away. Instead, we choose to acknowledge it here in this ''out-of-story'' way, and we accept the role of science fiction as mere entertainment that fundamentally cannot ~~address~~ the subject.		So we find that this ''anthropomorphic bias,'' while quite real, is nonetheless not something to fear or throw away. Instead, we choose to acknowledge it here in this ''out-of-story'' way, and we accept the role of science fiction as mere entertainment that fundamentally cannot provide a satisfying answer on the subject.

Peter at 22:00, 29 October 2022

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	== As applied to aliens ==		== As applied to aliens ==

	Furthermore, our own experience of rational thought is the only source to draw from. Therefore whenever we imagine it in ~~aliens~~, at heart this cannot be anything other than a projection of ourselves—just like when we imagine a cartoon animal that walks upright and talks. On the scale of world history, imagining such a thing ''at all'' is sort of a modern development.		Furthermore, our own experience of rational thought is the only source to draw from. Therefore whenever we [[Wikipedia:Extraterrestrials in fiction\|imagine it in extraterrestrials]], at heart this cannot be anything other than a projection of ourselves—just like when we imagine a cartoon animal that walks upright and talks. On the scale of world history, imagining such a thing ''at all'' is sort of a modern development.

	Many see our current ignorance as a result of mere chronology, i.e. that we simply don’t know what aliens are like because we haven’t encountered them ''yet,'' but may at some time in the future. If we do, this would be an ideological cataclysm that would certainly justify updating the contents of this article.		Many see our current ignorance as a result of mere chronology, i.e. that we simply don’t know what aliens are like because we haven’t encountered them ''yet,'' but may at some time in the future. If we do, this would be an ideological cataclysm that would certainly justify updating the contents of this article.

Peter at 21:57, 29 October 2022

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	Until then, many try to compensate for our anthropomorphic bias by imagining aliens as increasingly foreign and inhuman. They end up picturing [[Wikipedia:Lovecraftian horror\|Lovecraftian]] grotesquery, or godlike beings with a {{smallcaps\|iv}} or {{smallcaps\|v}} [[Wikipedia:Kardashev scale#Extensions to the original scale\|Kardashev rating]], all of which in the end ring hollow and shallow against the creative oasis of anthropomorphism.		Until then, many try to compensate for our anthropomorphic bias by imagining aliens as increasingly foreign and inhuman. They end up picturing [[Wikipedia:Lovecraftian horror\|Lovecraftian]] grotesquery, or godlike beings with a {{smallcaps\|iv}} or {{smallcaps\|v}} [[Wikipedia:Kardashev scale#Extensions to the original scale\|Kardashev rating]], all of which in the end ring hollow and shallow against the creative oasis of anthropomorphism.

	So we find that this ''anthropomorphic bias,'' while quite real, is nonetheless not something to fear or throw away. Instead, we choose to acknowledge it here in this ''out-of-story'' way, and we accept the role of ~~the fictional world~~ as mere entertainment that fundamentally cannot address the subject.		So we find that this ''anthropomorphic bias,'' while quite real, is nonetheless not something to fear or throw away. Instead, we choose to acknowledge it here in this ''out-of-story'' way, and we accept the role of science fiction as mere entertainment that fundamentally cannot address the subject.

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	= Note on Terminology =		= Note on Terminology =

	Many authors have used different words for this: “sentience,” “self-awareness,” “~~intelligence~~,” etc.		Many authors have used different words for this: “sentience,” “self-awareness,” “sapience,” etc.

	This is because humanlike thought and related phenomena are a subject of philosophy, and are impossible to collectively define without resting on assumptions that come from the author’s [[Wikipedia:worldview\|worldview]]—whether the author is aware of those assumptions or not. Any definition is therefore guaranteed to be plagued with problems and limitations, and fail to please everyone.		This is because humanlike thought and related phenomena are a subject of philosophy, and are impossible to collectively define without resting on assumptions that come from the author’s [[Wikipedia:worldview\|worldview]]—whether the author is aware of those assumptions or not. Any definition is therefore guaranteed to be plagued with problems and limitations, and fail to please everyone.

	As humans, we know that ~~we have~~ ''something'' ~~unique~~ that sets us apart from all other life on earth, but we don’t know (or can’t agree) ''what that something is.'' And in real life, there’s ~~[[Wikipedia:Fermi paradox\|~~no evidence]] that any other natural creature has ever shared it.		As humans we know that, whether by kind or degree, there is ''something'' that sets apart our cognition, moral agency, etc. from that of all other life on earth, but we don’t know (or can’t agree) ''what that something is.'' And whatever it is, in real life there’s no evidence that any other natural creature has ever shared it, either on earth [[Wikipedia:Fermi paradox\|or elsewhere]].

	If we see humanlike features on a cartoon animal (e.g. opposable thumbs, front-facing [[Wikipedia:Binocular vision\|binocular vision]], upright [[Wikipedia:Bipedalism\|bipedalism]], etc.) we readily describe this as a case of entertainment-driven [[Wikipedia:Anthropomorphism\|anthropomorphism]]: the act of portraying a non-human creature or object with human features. Our capacity for rational thought is ''even more unique'' than any of those traits, so why should we treat it with less ownership? So far as we know, it’s as exclusive to us as if it were an identifying “fingerprint” of humanness.		If we see humanlike features on a cartoon animal (e.g. opposable thumbs, front-facing [[Wikipedia:Binocular vision\|binocular vision]], upright [[Wikipedia:Bipedalism\|bipedalism]], etc.) we readily describe this as a case of entertainment-driven [[Wikipedia:Anthropomorphism\|anthropomorphism]]: the act of portraying a non-human creature or object with human features. Our capacity for rational thought is ''even more unique'' than any of those traits, so why should we treat it with less ownership? So far as we know, it’s as exclusive to us as if it were an identifying “fingerprint” of humanness.
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	== As applied to aliens ==		== As applied to aliens ==

	Furthermore, our own experience of rational thought is the only source to draw from. Therefore ~~whenever we [[Wikipedia:Extraterrestrials in fiction\|imagine it in extraterrestrials]]~~, at heart this cannot be anything other than a projection of ourselves—just like when we imagine a cartoon animal that walks upright and talks. On the scale of world history, imagining such a thing ''at all'' is sort of a modern development.		Furthermore when we [[Wikipedia:Extraterrestrials in fiction\|imagine it in extraterrestrials]], our own experience of rational thought is the only source to draw from. Therefore, at heart this cannot be anything other than a projection of ourselves—just like when we imagine a cartoon animal that walks upright and talks. On the scale of world history, imagining such a thing ''at all'' is sort of a modern development. In any case, it's a process clearly fraught with ''anthropomorphic bias.''

	Many ~~see~~ our ~~current ignorance as~~ a ~~result~~ of ~~mere chronology~~, i.e. that we simply don’t know what aliens are like because we haven’t encountered them ''yet,'' but may at some time in the future. If ~~we do~~, this would be an ideological cataclysm that would certainly justify updating the contents of this article.		Many assume that our apparent uniqueness is a mere illusion born from lack of data, i.e. that we simply don’t know what aliens are like because we haven’t encountered them ''yet,'' but may at some time in the future. Some carry this expectancy to an almost absurd level of imminence, unfazed by the continual seep of disappointment they induce. If they ever get their wish, this would be an ideological cataclysm that would certainly justify updating the contents of this article.

	Until then, many try to compensate for our anthropomorphic bias by imagining aliens as increasingly foreign and inhuman. They end up picturing [[Wikipedia:Lovecraftian horror\|Lovecraftian]] grotesquery, or godlike ~~beings with a {{smallcaps\|iv}} or {{smallcaps\|v}}~~ [[Wikipedia:Kardashev ~~scale#Extensions to the original~~ scale\|Kardashev ~~rating~~]], all of which in the end ring hollow and shallow against the creative oasis of anthropomorphism.		Until then, many try to compensate for our anthropomorphic bias by imagining aliens as increasingly foreign and inhuman. They end up picturing [[Wikipedia:Lovecraftian horror\|Lovecraftian]] grotesquery, or godlike [[Wikipedia:Kardashev scale\|Kardashev]] beings, all of which in the end ring hollow and shallow against the creative oasis of anthropomorphism.

	So we find that ~~this ''~~anthropomorphic bias'' is something to neither blunder past, nor fight against. Instead, we choose to acknowledge it here in this ''out-of-story'' way, and we accept the role of extraterrestrials in science fiction (including [[:Category:Intelligent species\|the ones in Eithalica]]) as mere entertainment devices that fundamentally cannot provide a satisfying treatment of the subject.		So we find that anthropomorphic bias is something to neither blunder past, nor fight against. Instead, we choose to acknowledge it here in this ''out-of-story'' way, and we accept the role of extraterrestrials in science fiction (including [[:Category:Intelligent species\|the ones in Eithalica]]) as mere entertainment devices that fundamentally cannot provide a satisfying treatment of the subject.

	= See Also =		= See Also =

	* [[:Category:Intelligent species]]		* [[:Category:Intelligent species]]