From: Delvieron@aol.com
Date: Wed Dec 01 1999 - 11:36:38 MST
Just occurred to me.
It is likely that in the process of uplifting, the uplifting species is bound
to pass on to the uplifted species many of its own traits. If there is more
than one way to do a thing (and there often is) then it is likely that the
uplifter would redesign the upliftee's mental architecture (where their own
wasn't sufficiently advanced) in the image of their own. The exceptions to
this would be when it is easier to use a different way then how the uplifter
is constructed either due to having discovered a simpler way than what
evolved initially or due to compatibility problems with the upliftee's mental
architecture.
Looked at this way, uplifting could be considered a sort of reproduction
between the uplifted and uplifting species.
Glen Finney
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