-You’re not understanding, are you? You’re refusing to deal with what I’m telling you. The brain does the thinking. The meat.
-Thinking meat! You’re asking me to believe in thinking meat!
-Yes, thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal! Are you beginning to get the picture or do I have to start all over?
-Oh my God. You’re serious then. They’re made out of meat.
-Thank you. Finally. Yes.
-That’s the message they’re sending out by radio. Hello. Anyone out there. Anybody home. That sort of thing.
-They actually do talk, then. They use words, ideas, concepts?
-Oh, yes. Except they do it with meat.
-I thought you just told me they used radio.
-They do, but what do you think is on the radio? Meat sounds. You know how when you slap or flap meat, it makes a noise? They talk by flapping their meat.
First it wants to talk to us. Then I imagine it wants to explore the Universe, contact other sentiences. Swap ideas and information. The usual.
