| GreatGorilla |
First of all, glad these guys are still there.
Second, I just had a chilling idea regarding them. One suggestion as to their goal is said to be the extermination of all sentient life....
I recently read "Blindsight" by Peter Watts, a hard S-F novel,
Spoiler:
that describes the encounter with a highly advanced species that is in actuality non-sentient and considers the broadcasts it received from earth to be an attack as they convey no information useful to survival (as they canot have thoughts, reflections and emotions as we understand them)...
It postulates that intelligence can exist without sentience to accompany it and might even be more effective as consciousness takes up a lot of brainpower.
Not sure I agree with that but still, a fascinating idea...
Now, what if, for all their intelligence, the things and the overlords of the Dominion of the Black were not truly self-aware?
What if they instinctively consider sentience to be an aberration, an abomination that needs to be wiped out?