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If we were to one day encounter a form of life more powerful and intelligent than our own, and it regarded us as we regard fish, what would be our argument against being eaten?
If we were to one day encounter a form of life more powerful and intelligent than our own, and it regarded us as we regard fish, what would be our argument against being eaten?
Approximate author period: c. 1977 AD · modern
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- Jonathan Safran Foer
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- Approximate author period: c. 1977 AD · modern
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