Is the star child a baby?

stalepie09 · External Since: Sep 29, 2009 Posts: 5

It looks like a baby. You can have babies of all sorts of species. A
baby elephant, a baby deer, a baby cat, a baby grasshopper (maybe). So
what is the "star child" a baby of? A baby of a new life form, but
that means he's going to grow up and become a man? What then will he
look like? Isn't it possible to do age-construction imagery (whatever
you call it, that police do, to find missing persons who have been
missing for a while -- "here is how she would look at age 23"). If you
did that software on the Star Child, what do you get? Some weird man?

kelpzoidzl · External Since: Jan 17, 2009 Posts: 75

On Oct 11, 8:33 am, stalepie09 <stalepi... RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> It looks like a baby. You can have babies of all sorts of species. A
> baby elephant, a baby deer, a baby cat, a baby grasshopper (maybe). So
> what is the "star child" a baby of? A baby of a new life form, but
> that means he's going to grow up and become a man? What then will he
> look like? Isn't it possible to do age-construction imagery (whatever
> you call it, that police do, to find missing persons who have been
> missing for a while -- "here is how she would look at age 23"). If you
> did that software on the Star Child, what do you get? Some weird man?

Embryos look a bit alien.

How Big is the Baby? from Howbigisthebaby .com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkuEXH1pTCQ&feature=sub

dc

Don Stockbauer · External Since: Apr 16, 2007 Posts: 31

On Oct 11, 11:38 pm, kelpzoidzl <kelpzoi... RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 11, 8:33 am, stalepie09 <stalepi... RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It looks like a baby. You can have babies of all sorts of species. A
> > baby elephant, a baby deer, a baby cat, a baby grasshopper (maybe). So
> > what is the "star child" a baby of? A baby of a new life form, but
> > that means he's going to grow up and become a man? What then will he
> > look like? Isn't it possible to do age-construction imagery (whatever
> > you call it, that police do, to find missing persons who have been
> > missing for a while -- "here is how she would look at age 23"). If you
> > did that software on the Star Child, what do you get? Some weird man?
>
> Embryos look a bit alien.
>
> How Big is the Baby? from Howbigisthebaby .comhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkuEXH1pTCQ&feature=sub
>
> dc

You have insufficiently suspended disbelief. The Star Child is just
one of a whole load of unbelievable, symbolic elements in "2001".
Highly advanced civilizations communicate, not travel.

kelpzoidzl · External Since: Jan 17, 2009 Posts: 75

On Oct 14, 9:33 am, Don Stockbauer <donstockba....RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Highly advanced civilizations communicate, not travel.

Oh sure. We love to be bored.

dc

Don Stockbauer · External Since: Apr 16, 2007 Posts: 31

On Oct 14, 12:21 pm, kelpzoidzl <kelpzoi... RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 14, 9:33 am, Don Stockbauer <donstockba... RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Highly advanced civilizations communicate, not travel.
>
> Oh sure. We love to be bored.
>

Reality is boring.