I’ve got to agree, Blindsight is an excellent example. It successfully (IMHO) portrays aliens that are clearly quite intelligent, and yet utterly inhuman.
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The most frightening thing about them is that none of the usual tropes apply to them; mutual understanding and/or empathy isn’t an option because their psychology (or possibly lack thereof) makes it completely impossible. There’s nothing there to empathize with.
I’ve got to agree, Blindsight is an excellent example. It successfully (IMHO) portrays aliens that are clearly quite intelligent, and yet utterly inhuman.
SPOILERS SPOILERS
The most frightening thing about them is that none of the usual tropes apply to them; mutual understanding and/or empathy isn’t an option because their psychology (or possibly lack thereof) makes it completely impossible. There’s nothing there to empathize with.