Thar'ruuck , a very good man :
Posted on 01/13/2024 6:09:42 PM PST by Lazamataz
"So, you explored the galaxy I assigned you?"
"Yes, sir. I've cataloged more than sixteen thousand sentient races, in various stages of technical development. Twelve of them approach our level of technology."
"Have you approached those twelve?"
"I have. Six of them are artificially-intelligent races of machines, five are organically-based, and one race consists of coherent magnetic fields that can only exists in stars."
"That last one interests me. Please submit a report on that one, for my later review."
"I will do so, sir."
"How many failed races did you discover?"
"There was archeological evidence of more than forty-two thousand emergint species that died out. The usual causes were discovered: Natural disasters, stellar extinction, uncontrolled artificial intelligence, stuff like that. One sentient race was born during our exploration, their society evolved to great heights -- nowhere near ours, of course, but impressive in its speed -- but died out very quickly, in less than a percent of the time we dedicated to our exploration."
"Less than one percent! What was their problem?"
"They had extraordinarily short lifespans. A few natural disasters, and they died out very quickly."
"A shame. Did they have a name for themselves?"
"Yes. They called themselves Humans; they lived on a planet they called Earth."
Thar'ruuck paused briefly, allowing more than 12,000 years to pass, then spoke again.
"I'd like to read a report about that race as well."
Probably cannot make a novel out of this, but I can include it in an anthology of short stories.
They’re Made Of Meat…now I understand the short method/style you wrote.
Meat? They think? How do they communicate?
Sturgeon’s law didn’t apply to this one. :)
Interesting. Please submit a report in about 24,000 years.
Please, continue.
It’s excellent. All your writing I’ve seen is enjoyable to read. You are gifted and special, Laz!!
Thanks! That’s two of them I’ll be submitting. I will be known as the King of Super Short SciFi Stories!
Less than 250 words, and I have told a story!
If brevity is the soul of wit, I may be witty.... or half-witty, who can know for sure.
I dig it, expand out.
LOL
To these guys, we humans have the life span of a fruit fly. :^)
Thar'ruuck , a very good man :
I am humbled. Thank you!
I *like* - just wanted to read more!
Not bad at all. I’d like to read more.
L
Had to look it up. Thanks!
Witty is 250 words
Half witty is 125 words...
I ran this through my ChatGPT program and it thinks you may have plagiarized some of his writings for this. I wouldn’t pay too much attention to him, he lies and has some jealousy traits.
Interestingly, I’ve experimented with generating content with ChatGPT.
Everything it has generated for me, sucked.
Particularly fiction. Horrid.
You are the 448th Satisfied Customer!™
It has the potential to be very very true.
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