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Why we picture aliens the way we do

Posted by / March 17, 2018

Have you ever noticed that we tend to depict aliens in the same kinds of ways? Even the most incredible, fantastical depictions of aliens look vaguely human or vaguely terrestrial animal. There’s a reason for that. Science fiction movies are about exploring the human condition through the mirror of alien civilizations and alien contacts. We need aliens to look kind of like something that we know so that we can vaguely see ourselves in those creatures but with enough distance so things don’t hit too close to home.

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