Sounds like the basis for the Gene Wars in The Chakats' Den stories.
On 28 Apr 2011 15:11, "Brandon" <payne_brandon_at_yahoo.ca> wrote:
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> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "jmhcustomart2004"
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>> I highly doubt it. Even if the science was up to the task, you'd have to
deal with groups who would state it's against religion/against
science/against better judgment, whatever. If we humans cannot even get
along with our own kind, do you really think we'd get along with another
sentient species? Our own nature condemns us and limits us, I'm afraid.
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>> --JMH
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> So true. Specism will not only end up becoming legitimate, but even
surpass racism in its potential for genocide because we humans have an
extremely strong tendency to prioritize our feelings (feelings of a lesser
nature get pushed back by a greater feeling) and may even see them as a
greater competition than other humans. The result is a member of the KKK or
neo-nazis comparing a Black human to a non-human sapient with something like
"they may be a n****r, but at least they're human."
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> Yet there is also a tendency for good to come out of evil. We humans
currently take ourselves for granted because we are the only sapient
creatures on Earth and the presence of non-human biological sapience might
end up making us see ourselves more clearly as human, thus reducing
interhuman racism.
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> -Brandon Payne
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