If within our own lifetime we undergo such alien thought changes, alien thoughts in actual aliens will be alien indeed.
Indeed. However, I am beginning to think that by emphasizing the magnitude of the alienness of alien thought, we are intending to avoid complacency but we are also creating another kind of "woo."
Today's post, Humans in Funny Suits was originally published on 30 July 2008. A summary (taken from the LW wiki):
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