"Yeah. The aliens and humans, that ... maybe not quite so much. I mean, it happens." Of course it does.
"But humans have had to adapt to different environments. Mostly through genetic engineering. Most of the human race has been enhanced in one way or another, even if it's just their immune systems. But there are a lot of planets out there that aren't much like Earth. There are subgroups of altered humans who can breathe underwater or can survive the environments on volcanic worlds. There's even a whole subspecies genetically engineered and bred to be perfect."
For a given value of perfection, of course. For all they like to go on about physical perfection, he personally thinks a lot of Nietzscheans have a hell of a long way to go before they're actually perfect. But since imperfection is part of being human, he's okay with that.
He shrugs.
"And there are people who have the muscle mass to survive on worlds with gravity much higher than Earth's. And that would be me."
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"Yeah. The aliens and humans, that ... maybe not quite so much. I mean, it happens." Of course it does.
"But humans have had to adapt to different environments. Mostly through genetic engineering. Most of the human race has been enhanced in one way or another, even if it's just their immune systems. But there are a lot of planets out there that aren't much like Earth. There are subgroups of altered humans who can breathe underwater or can survive the environments on volcanic worlds. There's even a whole subspecies genetically engineered and bred to be perfect."
For a given value of perfection, of course. For all they like to go on about physical perfection, he personally thinks a lot of Nietzscheans have a hell of a long way to go before they're actually perfect. But since imperfection is part of being human, he's okay with that.
He shrugs.
"And there are people who have the muscle mass to survive on worlds with gravity much higher than Earth's. And that would be me."