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I love to watch science fiction, but I cringe whenever I see a depiction of the aliens. First of all, the aliens speak perfect English. Not just British English. They speak perfect American English. And obviously they're a human inside some kind of monkey suit. I mean we have Hollywood special effects, right. So why can't we get better aliens? Their consciousness is totally different from our consciousness because they see things differently than us because of their evolutionary history.

For example when we see a cat and the cat comes up to us and tries to purr next to us, we say to ourselves: "Oh, nice cat. Cat is being affectionate". No. The cat is not being affectionate. It's simply rubbing his hormones on you and saying: "I own this human. This human is mine. I'm marking my territory. This human feeds me twice a day. I've trained him". They will see outcomes that we cannot foresee. They will simulate scenarios that we cannot even dream of. They can outwit us every time. So a cat sees the universe totally different than we do and yet, we impose our thinking on an alien. 

Think of a cop. A cop may have a low IQ, may have dropped out of elementary school. But the cop can simulate the future much better than a safe-cracker can and that's why he can stop robberies and get away with them. And so in other words, the criminal mind is not necessarily stupid because it has low IQ. It's quite well adapted for what it does.
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