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Ollie @pbjplatypus2/3/2023, 10:57 PM

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walking mirage @atomicthumbs2/2/2023, 7:23 PM

tired: humans discover an ancient progenitor species seeded the galaxy with DNA, explaining the strange predominance of humanoid aliens

wired: humans make first contact with aliens, all strangely humanoid. over time they gradually discover that they are the only humanoid species whose fossil record includes even remotely comprehensive evidence that they evolved on their planet; every other species appears suddenly, with their scientists having collectively concluded that they were seeded by a mysterious progenitor species. awareness of humans starts to spread throughout the galaxy and things start to become Interesting for humanity

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Lapis the Nevrean @lapisnev2/2/2023, 7:27 PM

This is just the difference between regular and hard sci-fi

(Which is not to say either kind of storytelling couldn't make for a great work)

Pile Of Garbage @garbo2/2/2023, 7:41 PM

typical humans, evolving just for the clout

stubborn lights @stubbornlights2/2/2023, 7:53 PM

Consider: the second one, but everything else is crab

Is it Shaker!?@EarthShaker2/2/2023, 8:48 PM

Genesis myth only a myth on earth, concrete reality for all other sapient races; we're the only one not made by god in his image, merely a wild coincidence

noah @mahalis2/3/2023, 1:07 AM

there’s a Ted Chiang short story with sort of a flipped version of that premise: “Omphalos”. great read.

M.T. Bade @MTBade2/3/2023, 6:27 PM

This is almost the plot of Uplift.

multioculate @multioculate2/12/2023, 7:15 PM

Third act twist: it turns out the progenitors figured out terrain printing, a la Strata, made earth with it, and bailed. Finally got that simulacrum right and called it a day. Now that we broke it by meeting earlier attempts, they gotta start all over again somewhere else.