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To: Tax-chick

I miss those little guys. Maybe the Destiny will encounter an offshoot.


91 posted on 11/13/2009 2:39:28 PM PST by Rastus
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To: Rastus

The Asgard were cerebral, and yet self-interested. An unusual combination in science fiction. The standard view seems to be that use of reason, as opposed to reflex-emotion, would make “people” altruistic and personally disinterested, but that doesn’t hold up.


103 posted on 11/13/2009 7:16:10 PM PST by Tax-chick (My taxes pay Anoreth's salary or Dad's pension.)
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