I've seen stuff I've thought of as much better writing (parody or not) out of the Metro. To me, the author (claiming to be one "Alien Gottlieb") comes across as a alien-obsessed jerk with about as much understanding of science as a pill-bug 7yr old writing a bad essay. The article is juvenile with a tangent on robot vs. human intelligence mixed up with "little green men" and badly supports what ever points the author may be trying to make. I think the author has axes to grind regarding employment and man vs. machine issues & twists the Robots on Mars information to try to frame it in that context.
IMO, it's just bad writing -- it doesn't even seem to be a good (humorous) parody. :P -- Shadopanther
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Thumbs Down on the Metro Article
Date: 2003-10-08 01:24 am (UTC)I've seen stuff I've thought of as much better writing (parody or not) out of the Metro. To me, the author (claiming to be one "Alien Gottlieb") comes across as a alien-obsessed jerk with about as much understanding of science as
a pill-bug7yr old writing a bad essay. The article is juvenile with a tangent on robot vs. human intelligence mixed up with "little green men" and badly supports what ever points the author may be trying to make. I think the author has axes to grind regarding employment and man vs. machine issues & twists the Robots on Mars information to try to frame it in that context.IMO, it's just bad writing -- it doesn't even seem to be a good (humorous) parody. :P
-- Shadopanther