They're made out of meat.

[c9]

Thanks to jwz I've encountered Terry Bisson's awesome short story, They're Made Out of Meat. Too awesome. It's been filmed, and the short film* is kinda cute too.

"There's no doubt about it. We picked up several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, and probed them all the way through. They're completely meat."

"That's impossible. What about the radio signals? The messages to the stars?"

"They use the radio waves to talk, but the signals don't come from them. The signals come from machines."

"So who made the machines? That's who we want to contact."

"They made the machines. That's what I'm trying to tell you. Meat made the machines."

"That's ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You're asking me to believe in sentient meat."

* It's freakin' YouTube month on LJ. Sorry to be part of it. :-)

Comments

[quingawaga.livejournal.com]

Goodness! I read that story when I was in high school, BEFORE I got on the internet. :)

[zanate.livejournal.com]

Really? Then by what means did you read it? Papyrus?