Re: Exploring a state of eyelessness.

In article <mu64a25v7iuduij1thevch8i3vbahf09eh@xxxxxxx>,
<r.rice@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Did the eyeless race ever have eyes? If they didn't, why would they
pick such an odd definition of sentience?

Maybe most other, non-sentient creatures on their planet of origin
do have eyes, and so the aliens fixed on that difference as being the
most important one.

Humans have certainly chosen some odd characteristics as indicators of
sentience, over the years. Bipedality, the capacity for speech,
that sort of thing...

--
Wim Lewis <wiml@xxxxxxxx>, Seattle, WA, USA. PGP keyID 27F772C1
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