From: Anton Sherwood (bronto@pobox.com)
Date: Tue Mar 14 2000 - 00:00:58 MST
Answering Spike's question sideways, I've read several stories that at
least touch on the desirability of immersing our destined successors in
human culture, so that even if human genes go extinct we'll have a
living legacy.
One is Poul Anderson's "Turning Point"; y'all can find it for
yourselves. If you've read it but forgotten the title, this may jog
your memory: "May I have a cracker for my oontatherium?"
Another is a short story by Silverberg iirc, in the form of a
conversation over drinks: a scholar says he has found persuasive
evidence that humans once had ten fingers, not twelve.
Another concerns robots - I thought it was Russell's "Jay Score", but
when I read that again, it wasn't it (alas).
Other examples welcome.
-- Anton Sherwood *\\* br0nt0@p0b0x.com *\\* http://www.jps.net/antons/
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