SW10/WWW: Powernaut 1962 #7: Here Come the Reds!

[Scott Eiler]

On 3/20/2013 6:13 PM, Andrew Perron wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:09:29 +0000 (UTC), Scott Eiler wrote:
>
>> Well then, it's the old argument about generalists vs. specialists.
>> Species in a big community have had generations to develop their special
>> traits.  In Star Trek, every Vulcan practically has superpowers, albeit
>> specialized ones.  It's mostly humans who have to generalize as a species.
>
> But why is that so consistently true for everyone who's not humans? Even
> species who have been in the galactic community for much shorter periods of
> time - ones where *we* are the ones initiating first contact?

Err, depends what you read.  I fondly remember one short story where the 
humans discovered a species of herd animal that wrote its own science 
fiction.  The aliens promptly wrote a story featuring a human character, 
Climber Pinkskin.  8{D>

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