Since some of you are new readers since I set it up ~a year ago, here's a link to my Twitter journal: ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
jaberwockytweet. It posts once a day at something like 0100 PST with whatever I tweeted since the last time it posted. I somewhat reserve this journal for longer or philosophically deeper items than go out on twitter. I don't post here very often, so if you care to keep up with my day to day [bullshit], you can add that journal instead of it posting tweets here and cluttering things up.
jaberwockytweet. It posts once a day at something like 0100 PST with whatever I tweeted since the last time it posted. I somewhat reserve this journal for longer or philosophically deeper items than go out on twitter. I don't post here very often, so if you care to keep up with my day to day [bullshit], you can add that journal instead of it posting tweets here and cluttering things up.First, let me say that if you're interested in seeing the movie Avatar, see it in 3D XD. Otherwise, don't bother seeing it. In other words, the plot, characters, etc. are pretty low quality, but the graphics in 3D are okay.
Anyway:
I've always been annoyed about something in science fiction: why are aliens just like us? I don't really mean the way they look, but rather the way they think and act. The closest thing I ever saw to aliens that were actually alien was the book "Foreigner" by C. J. Cherryh. In that book, the main alien made this big thing about how their race didn't form emotional bonds like humans. I thought that was interesting. Of course, it also meant that there wasn't much in the way of connections between characters in the book and so I didn't like it. I'm also pretty sure that they relaxed this later in the series. I think the reason is that at some point our imaginations give out. We explore something new, but eventually we deconstruct it to the point where it is always the same as us in some way. Perhaps this is also why we have such a hard time answering difficult religious questions.
So here's my challenge to you: Name some science fiction that actually includes aliens whose way of thinking is entirely foreign. Book, TV show, Movie, Comic Book, whatever.
Anyway:
I've always been annoyed about something in science fiction: why are aliens just like us? I don't really mean the way they look, but rather the way they think and act. The closest thing I ever saw to aliens that were actually alien was the book "Foreigner" by C. J. Cherryh. In that book, the main alien made this big thing about how their race didn't form emotional bonds like humans. I thought that was interesting. Of course, it also meant that there wasn't much in the way of connections between characters in the book and so I didn't like it. I'm also pretty sure that they relaxed this later in the series. I think the reason is that at some point our imaginations give out. We explore something new, but eventually we deconstruct it to the point where it is always the same as us in some way. Perhaps this is also why we have such a hard time answering difficult religious questions.
So here's my challenge to you: Name some science fiction that actually includes aliens whose way of thinking is entirely foreign. Book, TV show, Movie, Comic Book, whatever.
LiveJournal has this new statistics thing. When I looked at it, I realized that I should come up with some momentous post to drive up my numbers. It looks like they don't have any statistics before June and some of the statistics don't really even start until December. But, for now, it looks like I've had a maximum of 18 people visit the journal page on a single day and 67 in a single month. I wonder how many of those people are me using different computers...
By the way, if you have a livejournal account and want to get a paid account, I appear to be able to give you a coupon. Let me know if you want it.
So anyway, if you have any ideas for how I could get a winning entry, let me know.
By the way, if you have a livejournal account and want to get a paid account, I appear to be able to give you a coupon. Let me know if you want it.
So anyway, if you have any ideas for how I could get a winning entry, let me know.
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