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The Great Silence

Postby Pajarita » Thu Oct 13, 2016 10:39 am

This is, actually, an article about something called 'The Fermi Paradox' (aka 'The Great Silence')which, basically, represents the perplexing fact that even though it would be unwise to think that we are the only intelligent species in the Universe, we haven't caught as single whisper of communication from anywhere in the universe (thus, the 'paradox'). BUT, the reason why I am putting it here is that the author, Ted Chiang, makes a point of the fact that, although we search for the 'voices' of other species in the Universe, we tend to disregard the voices from other species right here on earth AND he uses parrots as his example! I was also very pleasantly surprised that he knows so much about them! I also enjoyed the fact that he writes it in the first person and that this 'person' is a parrot :D And the last phrase kind of broke my heart, same as it did when I first read of it... Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

https://electricliterature.com/the-grea ... .us29biyd6
Pajarita
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Re: The Great Silence

Postby dragonlady2 » Fri Oct 14, 2016 3:53 pm

Wow, that was a beautiful story...almost had me in tears. What a great writer. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: The Great Silence

Postby Wolf » Sat Oct 15, 2016 7:08 am

Read this yesterday and really enjoyed it. Wanted to just sort of savor it for a while before replying. Thanks for the wonderful article.
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Re: The Great Silence

Postby Pajarita » Sat Oct 15, 2016 11:49 am

I tell you, I have gotten SOOOO prejudiced in my old age that I am, sometimes, ashamed of myself but, in my opinion, ANYBODY who likes birds enough to learn about them and share their knowledge with others, be it through an essay, a book, a painting, a photograph, whatever, is a 'ten' in my book!
Pajarita
Norwegian Blue
 
Gender: This parrot forum member is female
Posts: 18701
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Number of Birds Owned: 30
Types of Birds Owned: RoseBreasted too, CAG, DoubleYellowHead Amazon, BlueFront Amazon, YellowNape Amazon, Senegal, African Redbelly, Quaker, Sun Conure, Nanday, BlackCap Caique, WhiteBelly Caique, PeachFace lovebird, budgies,
Flight: Yes


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