"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] internlDOTnet> wrote:
> This one is strange.... The eye (sad?) seems to contradict the mouth
> (happy).

Does it? AFAIK, it does seem quite smile-like, although imperfect
since it's not obvious how exactly one generalizes the smile of
2-eyed creatures to a 1-eyed creature. :-)


> But that is nitpicking! I enjoy these experiments! How does he see in
> stereo? By moving the eye rapidly sideways? (birds do that sometimes, and
> snakes I believe)

Hmm, I've not thought about that. Perhaps he doesn't? One
could get by without stereo vision, even though it does have
some disadvantages. After all, 3D fps games usually come
without stereo display, and players don't seem to have too
much trouble judging object distances.

I've also thought about language... I happen to be of the kind
who don't believe in aliens that speak English, unrealistic as
that may seem ;-), so I might draw up a quick sketch of his
language and writing system. (The main motivation, of course,
is the writing since it seems odd to have aliens flying ships
with English letters painted on them.)

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