Greetings wild readers. Thanks for being here.
Continuing my conversation with Max Gavaskar:
Max has to be the smartest person I know. She is one of the few humans that can comprehend much of what is found in the Encyclopedia Galactica. So I asked her what were the most interesting things she’s found there?
“First of all meeting and finding other sentient peoples around the galaxy was huge. We were alone in the universe until we met the Fordians. Learning all their histories was totally fascinating. Finding all the ways a species can develope intillegence.
“But the one thing I found most fascinating was the theory of the “primordial bacteria”. That is the theory that almost all life in the galaxy sprang from one bacteria that seems to be everywhere.
“Anywhere we’ve looked and everywhere the Fordians, the Lors and everyone else has looked we’ve found this bacteria. Anywhere that can support life eventually meets this bacteria which then evolves to suit the environment.
“There were certainly planets that developed a seperate and different form of live (the silicone based life on P3X-249 is one example) but for the most part all life in the galaxy is related to this bacteria.”
Tomorrow: Other interesting things Max found in the Encyclopedia Galactica.
Never mix red wine and Oodo.
Philip Normer
Kushan Year 88
Earth Year 2480
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