Re: Universal Translators

Michael Lorrey (retroman@tpk.net)
Fri, 08 Nov 1996 06:14:24 -0500


Chris Hind wrote:
>
> >Cetaceans have no need for
> >hands, and thus technology, so are stuck in an evolutionary trap
> >preventing them from becoming a technological civilization, unless we
> >"uplift" them a la David Brin.
>
> "Uplift" as in change their body structures or upload them?

Gengineered evolution, "giving" them more human intelligence, and
ability to manipulate waldo type hands.

Mike