I'd go along with "creepy"...

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Laurie Street — 2/7/2006 5:23:54 PM (archived)

but it made me wonder if there might be some environment where vertically-oriented binocular vision might be an advantage...

Interesting how this relatively simple modification makes for a much more "alien" looking creature than all the gills and brow ridges and weird skin patterns do for the "alien" humanoid races on sci-fi TV shows, to my mind at least.

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Lileks gets creeped out... - Tom Brosz - 2/7/2006 7:51:34 AM
- I'd go along with "creepy"... - Laurie Street - 2/7/2006 5:23:54 PM
  - re: creepy - Tom Brosz - 2/7/2006 11:55:32 PM
    - Bilateral symmetry may be universal in life that evolves in a liquid. - REB - 2/8/2006 2:57:14 PM
      - radial symmetry, too. Did not translate well to mobile terrestrial life, though. (n/t) - alcaray - 2/8/2006 6:59:41 PM
        
        We were all radially symmetric once. Worked ok for me... (n/t) - et - 2/8/2006 8:46:31 PM
        
        I was going to quip something, but I learned something instead. - alcaray - 2/8/2006 10:46:47 PM
    - re: creepy - Daniel - 2/8/2006 5:16:46 AM
    - ST ship design also... - alcaray - 2/8/2006 12:04:30 AM
      - re: ST ship design also... - Tom Brosz - 2/9/2006 7:14:45 AM
  - Meanwhile, on another world where beings have vertical eyes... - ljk - 2/7/2006 5:42:49 PM
    - Dealing with alien beings - Laurie Street - 2/7/2006 6:39:40 PM
    - many people wouldn't have a problem IMO - Daniel - 2/7/2006 6:27:23 PM

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