Episode: 12 Xenogenesis - Dawn: III: Nursery Chapters 4 & 5

Show Notes

In Episode 12, Richard and Michael discuss how much would it require for us to accept the fact that we were saved by aliens and how do we feel about mixing humans and aliens.

Timestamps

00:00:32 - Intro
00:01:26 - Chapter 4 predictions
00:03:12 - Chapter 4 summary begins
00:09:20 - How would we react to the ability of growing walls?
00:13:14 - We are one of the people who want to know things (like genetic screening)…
00:20:12 - Chapter 4 summary ends
00:20:50 - Chapter 5 predictions
00:25:11 - Chapter 5 summary begins
00:28:55 - Lilith, the ice-cold killer…
00:31:30 - Discussion on the dangers of fighting and the problem with Superman-like strength
00:35:55 - “Can you feel the love tonight?” - Elton John
00:37:26 - Problems with Tate
00:39:20 - We feel for Lilith… but also would pester her if we were in the similar situation
00:43:10 - How do we feel about aliens modifying us to give us super-strength, etc.
00:49:10 - The spicy gossip from Lilith’s life
00:50:08 - Chapter 5 summary ends
00:50:21 - Chapter 6 (and future chapters) predictions
00:53:11 - What’s the deal with Tate?
00:55:22 - How do you think would you react to the Oankali?
01:00:50 - How do we feel about human-alien hybrid children?
01:14:00 - We would be absorbed like a colony, if aliens arrived.
01:18:40 - Aliens wouldn’t have to do much to destroy the order of our world
01:31:15 - We finish on the depressing note?
01:33:53 - Actually we don’t finish on such a depressing note
01:33:54 - Outro

References

Intro: L’Etoile danse (Pt. 1) by Meydan Outro: Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio

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